Crank Up the Coffee Pot - And The Heat!

Sunday morning early I cranked up the heaters and the coffee pot. It took me two hours to get the first coat of resin on the cloth but the subsequent coats will be quicker than that. The inside of the boat is concave in most spots and it can take some persuasion to get the cloth to stick to the hull. I've got all the resin on the cloth that will go on with this coat but I can't walk away from the boat for awhile. I'll keep going around the boat brushing out any bubbles that form and making sure that the cloth stays tight to the hull everywhere.

The ends of the boat are a problem. 6 oz. cloth will not bend sharply and stay there. It took me years to accept that but I don't try any more to make that happen. I cut the cloth a bit short of the stems and stop with the resin short of the ends of the cloth. When this coat is dry I will use a razor knife to cut all the cloth that is not pinned to the hull and sand it smooth. I will then paint more resin on as I put the the rest of the coats on and blend the two together. It isn't perfect but it does the job.

"Canoe Mike" Thomsen

Michael Thomsen of Tecumseh, Michigan built his first canoe because he wanted a small, easily handled boat to fish from. It turned out so nice he knew he had to build more. “Canoe Mike” has now retired from his day job as an electrician and devotes all his time to building boats and paddles. He makes wooden canoes using the wood strip and fiberglass method. He buys the caned seats and brass hardware for the boats, but hand makes all the other components of the boat. He also makes wooden canoe and kayak paddles.

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