Brightwork In A Can

Re: Brightwork In A Can

Duncan S. Robertson

>Kudos to you!!! I'm still trying to get up the gumption to try a cedar strip canoe.

Re: Brightwork In A Can

Ed Falis

>It's a great project, Duncan. I've got a strip kayak in the works, though it's taking longer than anticipated because I moved in the middle of stripping it.

- Ed

Re: Brightwork In A Can

Duncan S. Robertson

>Hey Ed,

Any pictures? any suggestions of things you would do different next time?

thanks,

Duncan

Re: Brightwork?

William Duffield on the Cohansey

>I thought Brightwork referred to the polished and lacquered, or otherwise protected, metalwork on a boat, not the pigmented coating parts. Also, many use the terminology "finished birght" for those wooden parts of the boat that have a clear finish, as opposed to an opaque pigmented finish. OTOH, what I think of when I see the term Enamel, in the context of your posting, is a hard, polished, often lacquer based, pigmented finish. I assume the white parts of this very nice dinghy are what you have finished with this floor paint?

Is this a new boat that you have recently built, or a restoration or refurbishment you have been working on?

And, thanks for the tip. That's a lot less than the boat paint I get from Pettit. Application advise?

Re: Brightwork?

Bob Smalser, Seabeck, WA

>A joke.

The workboats my family built as a kid back in the 50's were snooted at occasionally by the local yacht crowd...the joke was that we did brightwork, too... only out of a Kirby can. Kirby doesn't make varnish.

Re: Brightwork?

William Duffield on the Cohansey

>Even in your Pacific Northwet winters (and whatever other little smidgeons of seasons you have out there), she looks to be a bright, cheerful boat. A too wide expanse of even teak and mahogany can get depressing in a fog bank :^)

Re: Brightwork In A Can

Ed Falis

>The one thing I wouldn't do again is move it partially stripped, but I didn't have a lot of control over that. It's still in progress - will really get started on it again when the fall comes.

For canoes, check out the resources and forum at bearmountainboats.com. For kayaks, check out the forum and resources at http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi and the resources at www.oneoceankayaks.com

There are quite a few other good resources out there too.

- Ed