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Re: Strip: How many coats of varnish
By:Allan
Date: 7/11/2013, 6:49 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: How many coats of varnish (Bill Hamm)

Yeah but I can put a life time of coats of varnish on all my kayaks and all my friends kayaks for the price of one professionally sprayed urethane job.

Bill H.

I found that out when I inquired about automotive clear coat on a kayak that I wanted to look a bit special. It was going to cost over twice as much as the total cost of the kayak.

So I used the same water based polyurethane that I had used on all my other kayaks. It seems to do a very good job with two or three coats. Sometimes I might use four coats if I don't like the look of the finish. I don't have the equipment or the expertise to spray it.

I find that the secret to a good finish with that particular product is to apply it while the temperature is low enough to let the finish even out, but then the temperature needs to rise enough to make it dry before the cross linker evaporates out.

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Charles Robinson -- 7/10/2013, 2:07 pm
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Sodbuster -- 7/10/2013, 2:58 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/10/2013, 5:21 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2013, 6:39 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 7/10/2013, 7:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/10/2013, 7:52 pm
Re: Strip: How many coats of varnish My mistake
Marc Upchurch -- 7/10/2013, 8:49 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/10/2013, 11:55 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 7/11/2013, 8:39 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/15/2013, 1:18 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 7/11/2013, 12:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/11/2013, 2:26 pm
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Charles Robinson -- 7/11/2013, 2:59 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/11/2013, 3:08 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 7/11/2013, 3:14 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/11/2013, 3:30 pm
Do you paddle that boat?
Jay Babina -- 7/11/2013, 5:09 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/11/2013, 6:18 pm
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SCOTT FITZGERRELL -- 7/18/2013, 3:38 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/19/2013, 8:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/21/2013, 2:15 am
Close-up of the deck *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 7/11/2013, 6:22 pm
Re: Strip: How many coats of varnish
Bill Hamm -- 7/11/2013, 6:25 pm
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Allan -- 7/11/2013, 6:49 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/12/2013, 4:12 am
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Charles Robinson -- 7/12/2013, 8:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/12/2013, 2:47 pm
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David Bartnowski -- 7/12/2013, 5:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/12/2013, 2:50 pm
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Gene -- 7/13/2013, 12:47 pm
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Allan -- 7/13/2013, 5:56 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 7/14/2013, 2:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/15/2013, 4:48 am
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Gene -- 7/14/2013, 9:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/15/2013, 12:46 am
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Gene -- 7/15/2013, 9:11 am