[Rhodes22-list] Rudder refinishing

[Hank]

15 coats of Varnish!  Of course it would be beauiful with that many coats,
but who's got the time or patience to do that?  My hat's off to anyone that
works that hard.

Hank


On 1/18/06, Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jim, that was last years project on Ruba.   A carpenter friend of mine who
> ownes a Shannon 27 (lots and lots of wood - toe rail, rub rail, bow
> pulput,
> hand rails, and that is just the exterior.  Great boat would never wish on
> my enemy)  He recommended ephenies.  Not sure of the spelling but
> pronounced
> F-N-ees.  He recommended diluting the first two coats with thinner.  Then
> just a little thinner on 3 - 5.  Then straight for the next 10
> coats.  Sand
> with super light grit paper or steel wool between coats, clean and recoat.
> This product claims to dry enough to recoat in 24 hours but I found it to
> be
> more like 2 days, probably since I was doing this job in my
> basement.  Good
> luck, take your time and you will be happy with your results.  You may
> also
> want to invest in a tiller cover for next year.  Don't know what they cost
> but after coat 10 you wont care about the cost.  Bob weber
>
>
> >From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder refinishing
> >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:57:01 -0500
> >
> >My tiller is looking a bit whitish and chalky after 3 seasons in the sun
> >following Stan's refurb.  Does anyone know what product Stan uses on the
> >tiller?  If not, does anyone have suggestions?
> >
> >Jim Connolly
> >Looking for excuses to think about Spring
> >
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