: Well, after about 17 wood kayaks built, (all different) I enjoy new
: ideas, designs,color combos, hatches, skegs..etc.. I really like
: the look of Nick's stained Petrel.It enhances the wood...imho.
: I don't want to kick the bees nest but WRC with West 207 and
: Epiphanies varnish does kind of have that golden yellow
: look....I wanted to get away from that.
: Should have done more homework...but no big deal.

Depends on the color of the WRC you use. I can normally get colors on finished WRC from fairly light yellow to a very dark red.

Bill H.