New Oars for Hatseflats Part 2
Normally I would coat all wood with 3 coats of epoxy followed by 3 coats of
two-pot polyurethane paint (marketed as DD paint by PolyService and De Ijssel Coatings).
So it was a change to paint the new oars with a one-pot transparant paint from Epifanes.
Why?
The oars are expected to flex a little bit so we need a slightly elastic surface finish.
A hard surface finish of epoxy or two-pot polyurethane might crack in the long term.
We don't want that, so bring on the varnish!
I was prepared to let the epoxy cure for 14 days but since the temperature
in our garage did not drop below 25 degrees for the next week,
Joost argued that I could paint the bare wood on the looms straight away and leave the epoxy
on the blades to cure for a couple of days instead of the full two weeks.
Thursday 3 July
I sanded down the looms with 120 and 150 grit paper and applied the first coat of
one-pot PU paint.
I used 40g of varnish diluted with 20g clear spirit.
The varnish went on like water and I used only a tiny amount of the mixture.
I washed out the brush with clear spirit and covered up my bowl with mixture with a used nitrile glove.
Friday 4 July
Sanded the looms with 240 paper and added second coat with the remaining mixture of 3 July.
Saturday 5 July
Sanded the looms with 240 paper and added third coat with the remaining mixture of 3 July.
Sunday 6 July
Sanded the looms with 240 paper.
Sanded the blades with 120 grit paper, 150 grit paper, followed by 220 grit paper.
I ran out of time and only varnished the outsides of the spoon bladed.
Created new mixture of 60g of varnish and added 10g of clear spirit.
Monday 7 July
Sanded the insides of the blades and the looms with 220 paper.
Varnished looms and insides of blades with mixture of 6 July.
To do
Tuesday 8 July: varnish looms (layer #5) and outsides of blades (layer #2).
Wednesday 9 July: varnish looms (layer #5) and insides of blades (layer #2).
Wednesday 10 July: varnish blades inside and out (layer #3)

Varnished insides of spoon blades.

Varnished looms fourht coat.

Straight taper to fit blade on loom.
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