Timelapse: Adding an extra coat of polyurethane to the bottom of the canoe


Normally, I keep all the doors and windows open for ventilation while applying the 2-part polyurethane, but yesterday that backfired on me because the same wind that was pushing us up the river was blowing sawdust into the workshop, and I came home to a slightly rough skin.  Oops.  So anyway here I am putting fresh coat on the bottom which didn’t really help but it was worth a try.
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The two-part poly is incredibly tough and fast to apply although it’s not the most forgiving product and there are LOTS of ways to screw it up (apparently I just found a new one). We took advantage of this opportunity to completely refilm the coating instructions for the canoe building course.  It’s a lot of editing to get through but I’m hoping to have it posted to the course within about a week.
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Normally, I keep all the doors and windows open for ventilation while applying the 2-part polyurethane, but yesterday that backfired on me because the same wind that was pushing us up the river was blowing sawdust into the workshop, and I came home to a slightly rough skin. Oops. So anyway here I am putting fresh coat on the bottom which didn’t really help but it was worth a try.

The two-part poly is incredibly tough and fast to apply although it’s not the most forgiving product and there are LOTS of ways to screw it up (apparently I just found a new one). We took advantage of this opportunity to completely refilm the coating instructions for the canoe building course. It’s a lot of editing to get through but I’m hoping to have it posted to the course within about a week.

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