The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

Has anyone tried to apply fiberglass cloth and epoxy on a cedarstrip hull that has been darkened with water-based stain after final sanding? How did things turn out?

I have access to an exceptional, large-diameter, straight 20' white ash sawbolt that a logger who loves canoes cut for me. It's now at a sawmill in northern Wisconsin near Spooner. We'll soon be cutting the log into 5/4 x 6" boards for gunwales for canoe builders. If anyone has a serious intere...

Clear coat UV protection: I'm eight years into a non-scientific test on the UV protection of 2-part polyurethane auto clear coat vs spar varnish for epoxy/fibrerglass substrate, and the results are encouraging. I used 1 x 1 cherry strips to glue up a tailgate panel for my utility trailer. I coated t...