[Public-List] Sealing the main hatch

[Rod Symmes]

I am not sure what you are afraid it will look like so I may be off the mark here:If you are concerned that it will no longer look like varnished wood,  here is a suggestion.  Use the same technique to apply one layer of  woven glass cloth that is used in the construction of a cedar strip canoe.  It has been a lot of years since I did that so I will recommend that you search online for the detailed proceedure [ first place I would look is West System Epoxy ] .   As I recall, the secret was to thoroughly "wet" the wood surface - lay the woven glass on - press and flatten it [ with a roller or squeegie (like a body man would use for filler)].   As I recall, after some time, we sqeegied all the excess resin off.  Each day we brushed on another coat of epoxy and a while later squeegied it off.  As I said - do your research.    The REALLY important part was that first coat.  If you take extra pains to make sure the cloth is COMPLETELY saturated, the whiteness of the cloth disappears.  I can tell you that you have to look really, really closely to tell there is glass imbedded in the finish of my canoe.  It just looks like varnished wood.  Oh yeah,  after the epoxy work is finished, start laying down layers of your favourite spar varnish just like it was bare wood.  Each coat will both improve the look and the protection from UV  [epoxy can not tolerate UV - it will go cloudy]
Hope this helps

Cheers,   Rod

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> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:36:26 -0700
> From: gregr at nethere.com
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Subject: [Public-List] Sealing the main hatch
> 
> Greetings All,
> 
> I need to seal my main hatch before it starts raining again. It is made of
> slats; at least three different types of wood. I stripped it a month ago
> and have been letting it dry out. It has been suggested that I cover it
> with a single layer of glass. I'm a bit worried how that will look so I'm
> looking for suggestions.
> Any ideas?
> 
> Greg
> 
> S/V Ayla
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