KAT
LOVES Wooden Canoes
I bought myself a pressure washer and cleaned the gunk out of the hull today. I want to move forward on the repairs and have questions. How do I go about removing the planking without destroying it? For the broken ribs on the Huron we just used a punch from the inside and drove the tacks out a bit before pulling them and it worked dandy, but in this case we would like to save planking if possible.
I need to do 15-18 rib tips not including all 4 cant ribs. I assume those can be done with the inwales in place since I have seen photo's implying such, so, can I begin rebuilding the inwale/stem joints before doing the rib tips?
Found another cracked rib, so we will be repairing 5 from behind and replacing 3. So, to do a repair from behind I need to remove the planking and what, remove some material at the back and glue in a piece of good wood then shape that piece to match the rib? Thickened epoxy work best for that? How to go about making the divot for the new material to bed into?
Almost forgot... there is alot of dark areas on the planking likely where the varnish wore off and it got wet, is there a way to clean that up other than just sanding it?
Thanks
Karin
I need to do 15-18 rib tips not including all 4 cant ribs. I assume those can be done with the inwales in place since I have seen photo's implying such, so, can I begin rebuilding the inwale/stem joints before doing the rib tips?
Found another cracked rib, so we will be repairing 5 from behind and replacing 3. So, to do a repair from behind I need to remove the planking and what, remove some material at the back and glue in a piece of good wood then shape that piece to match the rib? Thickened epoxy work best for that? How to go about making the divot for the new material to bed into?
Almost forgot... there is alot of dark areas on the planking likely where the varnish wore off and it got wet, is there a way to clean that up other than just sanding it?
Thanks
Karin