My grandmother's neighbor has the twin to that boat; albeit it's all grayed, the canvas is gone, and it's sitting on their woodpile.

I've been wanting to offer them $50 for the hull, but the prospect of throwing even more money into something that might not work out had me scared safe. I was thinking of using a borax/ethylene glycol solution inside, but was worried about the exterior adhesion of glass.

Now all I gotta do is roll up my sleeves, and order a gallon of CPES and a case of elbow grease!

I promise I won't blame you when my wife asks me why I bought that boat!

Shawn

: Several years ago I refinished an old canvas covered boat. The owner had
: admired strip built kayaks and new that his boat was cedar planked on oak
: ribs and asked me if I could get rid of the old canvas and finish it
: bright. It is generally not recommended to seal only one side of a hull
: when the other side may see moisture. I explained this to him but he
: really wasn't that concerned - he said he wasn't going to use the boat
: much but anyway and would rather just look at it.
: I recommended that we strip the varnish off the inside as best we could,
: sand, and then give it a good long soak in CPES - let the penetrating
: epoxy do it's thing.
: I was a bit concerned about all of the nooks and crannies that abound in this
: ribbed boat but had confidence in CPES and felt that it could find it's
: way to soak everything.
: The exterior of the hull was then fiberglassed.
: It's amazing, but to this day there has not been any problem with moisture
: damaging the wood.
: CPES = good stuff.
: Joe