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Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/18/2001, 5:35 pm
In Response To: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish *Pic* (Bobby Curtis)

Looks great Bobby. Nice arch to the foredeck.

It is awfully hard to get a good coat on the bottom, even harder if the boat is swinging from some ropes.

I would put some masking tape right below the sheer, and do the deck and remove the tape. After it dries, flip it over and repeat the masking etc. You could do the masking right below the chine to cover a little more ground, but it won't really save you any time.

It will take twice as long as being able to do the whole thing at once, but the results will probably be better.

If someone comes up with a rack that will hold the boat rigidly, and let them flip it over so they are always working on the top, they will really have something.

: My Sea Spirit is ready for varnishing. Has anybody come up with a method for
: varnishing both the deck and the hull at the same time?

Messages In This Thread

Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish *Pic*
Bobby Curtis -- 4/18/2001, 11:28 am
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Bobby Curtis -- 4/19/2001, 10:10 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Dennis Andrew -- 4/19/2001, 1:02 am
Re: Hang it and flip it! It works!!
Mike -- 4/18/2001, 10:51 pm
Re: Don't Hang it and flip it! It works!!
Grant Goltz -- 4/19/2001, 8:38 am
BEAUTIFUL BOAT !!!! *NM*
Jim Distler -- 4/18/2001, 10:49 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
don -- 4/18/2001, 10:14 pm
Re: kayak rotisserie
daren neufeld -- 4/18/2001, 10:04 pm
Re: clarifying..two rq'd. :) *NM*
daren neufeld -- 4/18/2001, 10:47 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Dick Gamble -- 4/18/2001, 8:27 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2001, 5:35 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Rob Macks -- 4/18/2001, 8:29 pm
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mike allen ---> -- 4/18/2001, 6:29 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Grant Goltz -- 4/18/2001, 2:57 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Shawn Baker -- 4/18/2001, 1:22 pm
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Chip Sandresky -- 4/18/2001, 12:37 pm
Re: Sea Spirit Ready To Varnish
Angela Watson -- 4/18/2001, 11:55 am
Another no hands holder ideas
mike allen ---> -- 4/18/2001, 1:06 pm