Glassing the Inside

Here is the inside of the Canoe fiberglassed and clear coated and with one coat of epoxy. One more coat of Epoxy and were ready for all the trim.

I have to say it was a good day

We landed this beauty after not having any hits for about three hours. I figured something would go wrong and we would lose her but Jay was able to net it and after I finish this post we're going to cook it up. This is the biggest trout I have caughtin the Saugatuck to date. She was around 2lbs. and 18". Its about time!




After the fishing I worked on the canoe for like 6 hours and got a lot done.
Check it out.




Here's a closeup of the interior, it will be left natural so the wood tones and patterns will show up nicely. The nail holes are a little unattractive, maybe next time I will build without nails.

Glassing Done

The fiberglassing step is finished and I have added the strengthening Fiberglass Strips at the stems/ keel. It looks pretty good except that i had some trouble with the stain that i tried to use to darken the hull with. After applying the first coat of stain the whole canoe turned pink! I tried to darken it a little but then it turned purple so I decided to forget about the stain and go back to the original idea of painting the outside. I wanted to paint it originally anyway, although I would have liked to see it natural outside in the sun.

Next Time.