I got my order from Jamestown Distributors (varnish, brush, epoxy) and Northwoods Canoe (new hanger bolts, ring nails, canoe tacks)in the last couple of days. I also picked through the cedar boards at Menards and found some with few knots and nice vertical grain direction. I just about to start building instead of taking things apart and stripping finish.
The varnish directions have you start with nicely sanded wood (1), apply the first coat thinned 50% and sand with #220 grit (2), apply coat 2 thinned 25% and sand with #280 grit (3), coat 3 thinned 15% and sand with #280 grit (4), 4 more coats thinned 0-5% and sanded with #400 grit (5, 6, 7, & 8 times to sand the whole canoe interior).
I just bought 1 can so I could do the seats and thwarts. I'm not sure how many cans I'll need to do 7 coats on the whole canoe.
The weather is finally supposed to cool down, so I'll be able to get a bit more work done.
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