Wednesday 4 May 2011

Second coat

managed to get an early shift at work today, so i could make it out and buy some more varnish and give the kayak a second coating.

this picture is before i put it on, the first coat of varnish made the skin more transparent than i'd like, and it isn't quite as tight as it was when i skinned it, but it is a lot stiffer, and there were some water beads on it from the rain today so the skin seems waterproof already.

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the seam down the middle still looks good, it's more or less straight, and it's narrow and flat.

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and, after a second coat of varnish:

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overall, i think it looks fantastic, but i'm definetly going to slap a coat of paint on it as the skin is nearly completely transparent.

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