: I am currently building a skin on frame in my attached basement/garage. I
: would like to kill the weave and paint with anything that will not affect
: the health of my wife and cat. I have a respirator but do not want my
: family to have to wear them.

Curtis,

Some folks use house paint. Mark Rogers and Svend Ulstrup make their own oil paint for coating their kayaks using chalk, turpentine and boiled linseed oil. The marine enamel that the Greenlanders often use is very toxic and puts out some powerful fumes ... they generally paint them outside.

Greg Stamer