Spray Day!

Written By "Canoe Mike" Thomsen

Spray day! This picture is of the handiest thing since pockets on a shirt. It is a high volume low pressure paint sprayer (HVLP) and is one of my best friends. I finish almost everything with water borne finishes and I can put 3 or 4 finishes on a boat in a day as opposed to maybe needing a week to get that many coats of an oil based finish. This one has a four stage turbine and is made by Sprayfine and I don't have anything but good things to say about it. They have good customer service and any problems that I've had have been "operator error". With luck I'll flip the boat over and spray the inside tomorrow.

"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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