Ralf Diaz wrote > If you go the varnish route, be real careful with the Nautiraid to do > only a thin recoating. If the worn spots are just where the long wooden > square rods meet the open notches in the wooden crossframes, a slightly > overly done varnishing should be no problem. But if you are > revarnishing where the long wooden square rods are joined > inside hinges or where wooden square rod ends join at the middle of the > boat in a a brass fitting, then you need to keep the varnish coating > quite thin. Otherwise the wood will not be able to enter the fitting > or will get stuck inside. Yep, it is indeed the ends of the long wooden square rods where the varnish has come off. I guess it is because they are so tightly fitted in the first place. That's why I thought of a rub-resistant approach like oiling. > Generally, I wouldn't worry about the varnishing or the oiling. Nothing > really happens to the wood unless you leave bilge water in the boat all > the time. And anyway, the Nautiraids leak the least of all the folding > kayaks. True, in our experience the Nautiraid (so far) doesn't leak at all. But the water we brought in when getting into the boat stayed there all day and has visibly discolored the wooden ends. What I can't tell is, when discoloration ends and corosion of the woods begins. Regards, Ferdinand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 21 1999 - 23:31:24 PDT
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