floydvoid
Enthusiastic about Wooden Canoes
I have a 1948 OTCA that I am currently working on. It appears that someone in the past attempted to restore it but was not familiar with canoe building.
In taking the canvas off, which is not original, I discovered a white powdery layer underneath, it almost looks like stuff you would spread under tile work or under linoleum flooring. In the pictures you can see the lines in the substance that look like it was spread with a trowel.
I peeled the canvas and got it into a trash bag , and wore my respirator.
I got some 3m lead test sticks and tested it in three places- they turned a rusty color which I believe means lead.
Is this someone's attempt at leveling the hull with some kind of compound? Did people use some kind of lead based compound in boat building like this? Am I just getting a false positive and picking up lead from the original canvas filler thats long since gone?
The person that redid the boat had some knowledge- they scarfed ribs in the mid section from center to starboard gunwale, about 7 , then put a "keel-son" in the middle to support the fact that the ribs are not cedar and don't really hold the proper shape.
Anyone know of a place I can send a powder to ?
Wash the hull? Neutralize?
In taking the canvas off, which is not original, I discovered a white powdery layer underneath, it almost looks like stuff you would spread under tile work or under linoleum flooring. In the pictures you can see the lines in the substance that look like it was spread with a trowel.
I peeled the canvas and got it into a trash bag , and wore my respirator.
I got some 3m lead test sticks and tested it in three places- they turned a rusty color which I believe means lead.
Is this someone's attempt at leveling the hull with some kind of compound? Did people use some kind of lead based compound in boat building like this? Am I just getting a false positive and picking up lead from the original canvas filler thats long since gone?
The person that redid the boat had some knowledge- they scarfed ribs in the mid section from center to starboard gunwale, about 7 , then put a "keel-son" in the middle to support the fact that the ribs are not cedar and don't really hold the proper shape.
Anyone know of a place I can send a powder to ?
Wash the hull? Neutralize?