: Hello. It's been more than a year since I posted here. I was building the
: Wineglass Wherry then. I am slowly getting ready to build a Pygmy Coho.
: Hopefully I'll get to start around September. My wherry was painted on the
: outside and after a year of use it shows many scratches of landings on the
: rocky shores of Maine Lakes and rivers. I was wondering whether the hull
: would hold up better to scratches had I painted the wood first and glassed
: over afterwards. One obvious argument is that the epoxy would not bond to
: painted wood but I was wondering whether anyone has done that with
: success?

: Thanks,

: Rene Braun

: P.S. Here is a picture from last weeks trip to Lobster Lake

I haven't glassed over paint but I do know that the paint doesn't bond to the wood as well as the epoxy so if you epoxy over the paint the epoxies adhesion to the boat will be only as good as the paints bond. I don't think gluing over the paint is a very good idea. I chose to paint over the glue and do touch-ups every once in a while. That's my $0.02 CDN.

Robert N Pruden