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Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => Wood Care: => Topic started by: Koldness on January 07, 2007, 05:05:30 am

Title: Wood Sealing?
Post by: Koldness on January 07, 2007, 05:05:30 am

What is the best solution for sealing a wood hull?

thanks

Kris

Title: Re: Wood Sealing?
Post by: zetec on January 07, 2007, 05:56:54 am

My first wooden boat and I looked at both sealing the hull and durability. Ended up using epoxy resin coating. Easy to apply, you can also add a layer with lightweight glass cloth is you want more strength, and one given a light sand with wet and dry the finish is very smooth. I painted over the top and the finish is just the same as with any glassfibre hull, used Halfords primer/paint and no probs. The top deck I stained and then epoxy coated again, brings a great "glass" finish if sanded with 1200 wet and dry them a quick "T cut"!

Once done I suspect it will stay good to years and as it inpregnats the wood fibre really does add strength.

Title: Re: Wood Sealing?
Post by: White Ensign on January 08, 2007, 11:09:52 am

Second that- Epoxy is the only coat which will give you the safety of a well-sealed boat.

Jörg

Title: Re: Wood Sealing?
Post by: RickF on January 08, 2007, 12:46:10 pm

I tend to seal only the INSIDE of a wood-planked hull with two-part resin - but I pour it in to give a really good thick coat. Apart from sealing very well, it also "stiffens things up" for sanding.

The outside I leave to plenty of filler, primer, more filler, more primer, yet more.....

The resin I use is called Z-Poxy.

Rick

Title: Re: Wood Sealing?
Post by: DickyD on January 08, 2007, 02:10:11 pm

Can you coat well rubbed down cellulose with E-poxy resin.

Richard ;)