I do my gunnels every spring. I'm already counting down the days. Your canoe looks fantastic!! Beautiful work. I hope you have a great trip with your daughter. Take care.
Your canoes always look well maintained Nick! 45mph wind gusts with sustained 25-35 mph winds sidelined a planned trip but we are targeting a future date this Fall.
I recently picked up a Kevlar Mad River explorer for $200...........I have to give her the wet sanding treatment and bring her back to life! It'll be the first project boat for the new garage...which I have lovingly named "The Boat House" Thinking about the project, you have crossed my mind more than once. That canoe of yours looks great!
Are you pleased with the re-painting? I have a yellow royalex (Mad River Explorer which is in excellent condition, gunwhales replaced, but the yellow has faded. The YT Author here reccomends a marine paint that I am not familiar with. Question: Which paint/procedure will you use? Thanks
Yes great idea! I remember watching Ray from @riverbendlongbows wrap his long bow handles with leather and I figured if I only knew how to work with leather I would eventually do it. Your concept makes complete sense.
Nice work... I guess you painted the underside of the ash gunwhales, which appears to be non-conventional, to keep water out of the canoe face/ash interface? Or, you did not think you could paint properly to the interface of the ash gunwhale without removing, first, the gunwhale?
Yes it does. “Catching” can occur with the paper on fresh paint and the very small amount of dawn allows for lubrication and keeps the paper marginally cleaner.
I do my gunnels every spring. I'm already counting down the days. Your canoe looks fantastic!! Beautiful work. I hope you have a great trip with your daughter. Take care.
Your canoes always look well maintained Nick! 45mph wind gusts with sustained 25-35 mph winds sidelined a planned trip but we are targeting a future date this Fall.
I recently picked up a Kevlar Mad River explorer for $200...........I have to give her the wet sanding treatment and bring her back to life! It'll be the first project boat for the new garage...which I have lovingly named "The Boat House" Thinking about the project, you have crossed my mind more than once. That canoe of yours looks great!
Congrats on your purchase! Wow $200 for a Kevlar boat….incredible.
Are you pleased with the re-painting?
I have a yellow royalex (Mad River Explorer which is in excellent condition, gunwhales replaced, but the yellow has faded.
The YT Author here reccomends a marine paint that I am not familiar with.
Question:
Which paint/procedure will you use?
Thanks
@@mainetripper yeah man! It was a score. And the canoe is in really good shape.
My solution to protecting the gunnels was to wrap my paddle handle with a piece of leather. The leather takes the wear - not the wood.
Yes great idea! I remember watching Ray from @riverbendlongbows wrap his long bow handles with leather and I figured if I only knew how to work with leather I would eventually do it. Your concept makes complete sense.
AMAZINGNES!!!
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Nice work...
I guess you painted the underside of the ash gunwhales, which appears to be non-conventional, to keep water out of the canoe face/ash interface?
Or, you did not think you could paint properly to the interface of the ash gunwhale without removing, first, the gunwhale?
Many folk will paint the underside of their gunwales. I guess I joined the group.
Does the dawn soap make a noticeable difference?
Yes it does. “Catching” can occur with the paper on fresh paint and the very small amount of dawn allows for lubrication and keeps the paper marginally cleaner.