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9th March 2015, 12:40 PM #1New Member
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Geodesic SOF - waterproof options?
Hi,
I am building a Platt Monfort design SOF canoe (snowshoe 12) and am at the stage where I need to give it a waterproof coating i.e. varnish as I want to maintain the transparent look.
Just looking for recommendations on which type to use? The instructions by Platt are quite dated now and also being US based refers to products not available here in NZ.
Has anybody made a Dacron covered kayak or canoe recently that can recommend a finish?
Thanks
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4th April 2015, 03:48 PM #2New Member
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geodesic water proofing
I hope you have solved your canoe waterproofing by now.
When I completed my 12 ft rowing dinghy "Sea Basket" I nsed a water based finish Intergrain Ultra Clear, produced in Australia by Orica .
I bought my finish through my local Dulux distributor.
Dan42
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12th April 2016, 10:27 AM #3New Member
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Thanks Dan, Have only just seen your post, haven't visited this site in a while. Yes she's all finished and launched (and for sale actually - only to make room for other builds). I ended up using a Cabots water based urethane and it works very well, easy to apply and does the job. Here is a pic from the other day....
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14th April 2016, 11:21 AM #4Senior Member
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Beautiful picture there. Nice job on the boat.
You know you're making progress when there's sawdust in your coffee.
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14th April 2016, 02:17 PM #5
Contact this bloke, we have one of his Snowshoe 14s hanging on the wall in our lounge.
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27th April 2016, 08:21 PM #6New Member
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Ah yes I actually did correspond with Peter during my build, he was a big help. Thanks.
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27th April 2016, 10:57 PM #7
He is a good friend, we have Smile 1 hanging on our lounge wall with a light behind it.
Cliff.
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