[Rhodes22-list] Rudder refinishing

[Bill Effros]

Mark,

I enjoy the varnishing, and look forward to renewing it each year.  Once 
you strip down to bare wood, and build up the initial coats of varnish, 
you only have to replace 1 or 2 coats each year to maintain a better 
than new appearance, and excellent protection for the wood.

Since this is the only exterior wood on my boat, it really enhances the 
look of the boat.  The curve of the tiller is both graceful and useful.  
My varnishing handiwork is often complimented by people who would never 
imagine that I could make that object look so good.  I would never dream 
of covering it.

Also, I now lash down my tiller whenever I'm away from the boat, and 
last summer while I was in Italy for 3 weeks, I would have lost my 
tiller had I not tied it to my boat in a serious manner.  If there had 
been a tiller cover over my tiller I think that's all I would now 
have--the tiller would have slipped out of the cover.

The farther south you go, the more problems you have with the sun on 
varnish.  Where I live, a tiller cover is not really needed, and it's 
less trouble to add 2 coats of varnish every year than to deploy a 
tiller cover each time I leave the boat.

Bill Effros

mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

>I've seen a few of you refer in this string to getting a tiller cover ... is this an easy thing to find at West Marine?  Having never shopped for one, I don't know if these come in all sorts of sizes ... and what might be best for the R22 ...
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>-Mark 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Quinn <rjquinn at bellsouth.net>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:56:46 -0500
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder refinishing
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>I used ACE Hardware Spar Varnish, about 4 coats. The key is to get a tiller cover and shield the tiller from the sun when not in use. Saves tons of time and effort. 
> 
>Bob on the "NoKaOi" 
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> 
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:28 AM 
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rudder refinishing 
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>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 
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>On 1/18/06, Bob Weber <ruba1811 at hotmail.com> wrote: 
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>>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 
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>>>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 
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>>>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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