On 11/5/08, Andrei Caldararu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Monty sailors,
>
> I have some questions about wood care:
>
> 1) I am refinishing my original M-17 rudder. I removed the thick
> orange coating on it; it still seems to have some old orangey coat on
> it which is not peeling, so I was not going to remove it (it seems to
> be too much work), but rather sand it down to a rough state. The
> rudder has a couple of cracks in it, but which do not go through. I
> was going to fiberglass over the leading edge, the bottom edge, and
> over the cracks. Is this a good idea? What fiberglass system should I
> use? (E.g., West system, stuff from Home depot, etc.) Then I was going
> to coat everything in either Cetol or marine varnish. Which one is
> better? I'd rather not have to take care of it for a while from now.
> The boat is not kept in the water, although it will be making some
> week-long trips when it will stay for a week at a time in the water.
>
> 2) I am also working on an old 11 ft wood sailboat whose hull I got to
> bare wood. I would like to get a nice wood look, but not need to worry
> about rot in the future. I was thinking of putting one layer of
> fiberglass on top of it, and then using a marine varnish on top. What
> kind of fiberglass do you recommend? How thick? Where to buy it? What
> kind of varnish? How many coats? Where to buy it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei.
>
>
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