Rob Stevens
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
3rd generation producers of large, working canoes.
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shelldrake
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Very cool. Photo gallery is great. Interesting that they fill their canvas with epoxy.
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Rob Stevens
Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
Better abrasion resistence.
I have filled several canvasses with epoxy, including "unadulterred" (you have to be careful to do a light first coat so it doesn't fully penetrate and fix the canvas to the planking, or use a sealer or "release" on the wood -hair spray was suggested), or with powdered filler (many options, I have used West System 410 fairing filler).
I have filled several canvasses with epoxy, including "unadulterred" (you have to be careful to do a light first coat so it doesn't fully penetrate and fix the canvas to the planking, or use a sealer or "release" on the wood -hair spray was suggested), or with powdered filler (many options, I have used West System 410 fairing filler).
shelldrake
LOVES Wooden Canoes
So, sorta like covering in fiberglass, but using cotton canvas instead of 'glass cloth, and not allowing the resin to bond the canvas to the planking? I would imagine that it is significantly lighter than the traditional oil/silica fillers?
