Re: [Paddlewise] finishing a greenland paddle

From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom_at_cisco.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:14:09 -0800 (PST)
I coated one with fiberglass and epoxy. 3 layers of marine vanish
were not enough to avoid that milky look that epoxy gets with UV light.

My storm paddle originally had no epoxy nor fiberglass, but only 
2 coats of spar varnish; the grain came out eventually.

2 years ago I sanded it again, and gave 10 coats of marine spar varnish.
That did it. My storm paddle has been smooth and shinny ever since.

- Julio

> and I think cherry. It was finished in wax.  Grain came up on that one too.
> Now it's covered in the same clear epoxy. Jury is still out on both. I liked
> the teak oil best for it's feel. 
> The wax looked nice at first, but just didn't work.
> I'm eagar to hear what others have done.
> Barbara
***************************************************************************
PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List
Submissions:     paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subscriptions:   paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net
Website:         http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/
***************************************************************************
Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 19:15:36 PST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:05 PDT