"Sam Davis" <sd.a_at_att.net> wrote: >1.. If you had a choice between a natural finish for a wood (S&G) or a painted finish which would you chose? Natural, or painted + natural. Wood is a beautiful finish, but an all-okoume kayak can also be a little overwhelming. Maybe I'm a little jaded by building strip kayaks, but when my S&G is sitting on the beach next to my stripper, the S&G gets ignored. So, my next s&g got a "hybrid" stripped deck. The hull went together quickly like a S&G, but I got to be fancy with the decking. I've seen some pretty paint schemes showing appropriate amounts of wood. Gabriel Romeu's North Bay, http://www.studiofurniture.com/diary/kayak/nb.htm#Back the Wet Willy kayaks (links don't appear to work), http://srmultihulls.com/kayaks.htm or http://www.kayaks.org and Ross Leidy's SK S&G Greenland Kayak. http://www.blueheronkayaks.com >2.. SOF:... would you favorably consider painting the deck? Absolutely. It helps make it waterproof. :D Melissa Reese <melissa_at_bonnyweeboaty.net> wrote: > One of the most beautiful modern "skin" boats I've seen was honey >colored, and slightly translucent Possibly nothing more than spar varnish or polyurethane over nylon or polyester cloth. Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 17 2003 - 11:22:33 PST
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