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Strip: How to Make This Finish? *PIC*
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 6/20/2017, 2:34 pm

I'm going to build a strip kayak for my son's fiance.
To see what she would like, I gathered lots of pictures of strip planked boats, both for shape (model) and the look of the wood.
Naturally she picked something I am unsure of how to get the desired "look".
The issue is the shading of the wood at the back of the boat on the deck, shown here. There were no other pictures.
I considered selecting different shades of cedar and splicing them together to get the dark to light shading (from the stern to cockpit). But I believe it will not look very "shaded" and instead will have jumps in color.
Not what I want.

Any suggestions?

Is there any way to die the wood in a tapering fashion to get a continuous shading?

Looking for expert suggestions (well - any will be better than what I have). :)

I'm just starting on stripping the hull, so I have a little time to experiment.

Marc

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Strip: How to Make This Finish? *PIC*
Marc Upchurch -- 6/20/2017, 2:34 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 6/20/2017, 3:19 pm
Tint the Finish *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/20/2017, 4:01 pm
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Paul T -- 6/20/2017, 4:02 pm
Get out the torch
mick allen -- 6/20/2017, 4:08 pm
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Rod Tait -- 6/21/2017, 10:32 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/21/2017, 11:38 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/22/2017, 5:44 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/22/2017, 11:47 pm
The most obivious answer
Brian Nystrom -- 6/23/2017, 7:47 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 8:43 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 6/23/2017, 8:58 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 10:43 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 11:34 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 11:49 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 12:05 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 12:19 pm
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roym -- 6/23/2017, 3:18 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/23/2017, 11:18 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 11:37 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/23/2017, 11:56 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/23/2017, 12:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/24/2017, 12:57 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/24/2017, 1:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 12:07 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 1:52 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 11:46 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 1:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 3:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/25/2017, 3:25 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/26/2017, 5:55 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/26/2017, 8:05 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/26/2017, 8:24 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/26/2017, 10:09 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/25/2017, 8:14 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 6/25/2017, 8:20 pm