With the skinning process complete, Liz saturates the cloth with 2 part polyurethane. This particular product is not completely non-toxic, but it also doesn’t contain any solvents so it’s a lot nicer to work with than many other urethanes. It’s also relatively inexpensive and extremely durable.
We use 3 to 5 coats wet on wet, with dozens of tricks I’ve learned over the years to end up with a nice finish. It’s not the most forgiving product but if you use it correctly you can coat an entire boat in six hours, and that’s all you have to do. No sanding, no re-coating, done.
The color on this is our Burnt Sienna pigment mixed directly into the urethane. There’s a huge variation in the color results with burnt siennas from different companies so I can’t vouch for the color on any others besides the stuff we sell.
Total working time in this video is about 4 hours.
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