Work from 11/30/2010 though 12/2/2010 Pretty sharp, huh? I had the deck and sides of the hull just got clear-coated with three coats of DuPont ChromaPremier 72700S urethane. The bottom will be coated in our tough graphite. I picked it up last night. I don’t paint my own boats any [...]
I have started work on a new boat project! This summer I was commissioned to build a modified Hybrid Night Heron for a customer in Connecticut. The recession MUST be over if I’m building boats commercially again. In the the weeks to follow I’ll be doing a full write-up of the build. I’ll try and post an update at least weekly, sooner if warranted. All the of the posts will be located under the project [...]
I know… I’ve been promising to write an update on the Canoe and Kayak Coating Abrasion Test that I ran back in the Winter/Spring of 2008. In the past month or so there has been a lot of discussion about it on Björn Thomasson’s website. Here it is… finally. This update mostly concerns the “white graphite.” Actually there’s not much more than what I wrote in a comment… At this point we can not recommend [...]
I’m always looking for the best coating for the canoes and kayaks I build and paddle. Wether it be a clear varnish or an opaque paint, whatever I use it has to meet two basic requirements. It has to protect the epoxy matrix from UV and abrasion damage. Epoxy will break down over time when exposed to the UV rays in sunlight so the coating must have a good amount of UV protection. Every boat [...]
