> Aloha from Hawaii, I am building one of Nicks Guillemot expedition
> singles, I started work on it two weeks ago (5 + hour days) and should
> have the deck finished next week. I am using Hawaiian premium curl Koa and
> Mango wood for the decks with Redwood for the hull(to cut down on cost and
> weight) Having followed this little newsgroup for the past month or so I
> have a question for you all. Has anyone used Automotive clearcoat instead
> of Spar varnish on their Kayaks??? I feel the advantage of Clearcoat over
> spar varnish are many fold including:

> 1/ Fast drying and re-coat time 2/ Extremely good UV protection 3/
> Flexible but Ford truck Tough 3/ Compatible with all Automotive polishes I
> have used it on cars, Table tops, Bar stools but not on a kayak......Peter A couple of things to conside 1: is the finish flexible unuf to take the movement the boat will make.2: How easy is it to repair.The boat no matter how careful you may be,will get dings and scratches.Varnish is low tech to apply and repair.