Greetings Oh Wise Folk
This is my first post. I would like to restore a Cedar strip canoe built about 8 years ago by my father in law. He has passed away and it sat in the backyard, keel-side up, for the past 4 years. It was a cedar strip canoe with a fiberglass coat and a varnish as a final finish. I'm pretty sure he used the West Marine epoxy.
The exposed bottom is now discolored with exposed glass, which is brown and rough. I would really appreciate your thoughts on how to get this back to the beauty it once was without tearing it apart completely. I also need to replace the outside gunwales, and I can't tell what wood he used for that, and if I should change that since it has rotted in the elements.
The inside looks great since it was not exposed to the sun, I was just going to do a light sand and re-varnish it.
Photos attached.
Thanks so much for your time and expertise
Brian in San Diego
ps I will try to post photos but tonight the website seems to be having problems with the upload
This is my first post. I would like to restore a Cedar strip canoe built about 8 years ago by my father in law. He has passed away and it sat in the backyard, keel-side up, for the past 4 years. It was a cedar strip canoe with a fiberglass coat and a varnish as a final finish. I'm pretty sure he used the West Marine epoxy.
The exposed bottom is now discolored with exposed glass, which is brown and rough. I would really appreciate your thoughts on how to get this back to the beauty it once was without tearing it apart completely. I also need to replace the outside gunwales, and I can't tell what wood he used for that, and if I should change that since it has rotted in the elements.
The inside looks great since it was not exposed to the sun, I was just going to do a light sand and re-varnish it.
Photos attached.
Thanks so much for your time and expertise
Brian in San Diego
ps I will try to post photos but tonight the website seems to be having problems with the upload