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Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/13/2011, 1:54 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images (Craig Robinson)

: Not 100% sure what I am looking for Robert.
: there is a recent thread about black kayaks which touches on issues
: of visibility and heat absorption which caught my eye.
: I personally love the look of a black but am not convinced that I
: want a gloss black hull so was wondering if the graphite
: treatment produced a gloss or a matt finish. I found a post that
: indicated that varnish/clear coats were not required with a
: graphite hull. This aspect interested me.
: i have seen gloss black hulls and have painted one myself, a ches
: 17 with a gloss black hulle( plaing old enamel paint) and a
: stripped pine deck. The contrast looks great.
: Any one have a matt black hull?

If graphite isn't polished it's matt black. I don't worry about the finish in mine, it's there to protect the hull, so I just roll it on.

This winter sometime I'm planning to build Bryan's design with a graphite bottom and ebonized topsides, will be black, or nearly black, but the ebonizing will have to be varnished so will be gloss.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Craig Robinson -- 9/12/2011, 6:26 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Matthias -- 9/12/2011, 8:56 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Robert N Pruden -- 9/12/2011, 6:43 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Craig Robinson -- 9/13/2011, 1:40 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Bill Hamm -- 9/13/2011, 1:54 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images *PIC*
Robert N Pruden -- 9/13/2011, 2:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Bill Hamm -- 9/13/2011, 1:27 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Mike Bielski -- 9/13/2011, 7:35 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/13/2011, 11:25 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Robert N Pruden -- 9/13/2011, 8:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Kenneth Sutherland -- 9/14/2011, 12:13 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Robert N Pruden -- 9/14/2011, 12:19 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Kenneth Sutherland -- 9/16/2011, 12:59 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images
Robert N Pruden -- 9/16/2011, 9:01 am
Re: Epoxy: Graphite hull images *PIC*
Kirk Fredericks -- 9/16/2011, 3:55 pm