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Re: Launching: SOF version of Ken Taylor Igdlorssu
By:kelly t
Date: 10/16/2007, 6:55 pm

Hi Bill,

: Boat looks great :)

Thanks!

: may I ask how much pigment you added to the urethane?

Sure. I bought a small tube (37 ml/ 1.3fl.oz.) of pebeo fine oil colour for artists. It was the cheapest one there, at $2 or $3 Canadian (that must be $5 or $10 US :) sorry. y'all.....couldn't resist the dig :D

I ended up using less than half the tube. For the first coat, I added a very small amount of the yellow to a plastic yoghurt container and added a little varnish and mixed it 'really' well. Then added more varnish to this 'paste-like' mixture, using about a pint for the first coat. The first coat was pretty blotchy, but I was advised that this was ok, and that successive coats would even out. And they did. The final two coats were more heavily tinted. I honestly sort of lost track but I think there are 7 coats on the hull, and 6 on the deck. It seems 'good enough'. I used cheap foam brushes from the $1 store (maybe 10 per pack) so no cleaning.
Hope this is helpful.

kelly t

: Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Launching: SOF version of Ken Taylor Igdlorssuit kayak *LINK* *Pic*
kelly t -- 10/15/2007, 2:35 am
Re: Launching: SOF version of Ken Taylor Igdlorssu
Pedro Almeida -- 10/16/2007, 11:32 am
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kelly t -- 10/16/2007, 9:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/16/2007, 5:00 am
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kelly t -- 10/16/2007, 6:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2007, 1:18 am
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kelly t -- 10/17/2007, 2:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/17/2007, 3:51 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 10/15/2007, 2:33 pm
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kelly t -- 10/16/2007, 6:38 pm
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Gennie -- 10/16/2007, 4:56 am
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TOM RAYMOND -- 10/15/2007, 12:48 pm
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kelly t -- 10/16/2007, 6:21 pm
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Gennie -- 10/15/2007, 12:53 pm
Re: Launching: SOF version of Ken Taylor Igdlorssu
kelly t -- 10/16/2007, 6:28 pm
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Gennie -- 10/17/2007, 1:33 am
Re: Launching: SOF version of Ken Taylor Igdlorssu
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 10/17/2007, 7:43 am