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Oar maintance
I bought a pair of eight foot oars this summer and they proceeded to go to
hell finish-wise. I used the boat almost daily and did not feel that protecting them from the weather would be so important. Now I am going to sand them and give them a new finish. What sort of finish do they need and why was this finish not applied at the factory? |
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On Feb 12, 7:51*pm, "Dan Listermann" wrote:
I bought a pair of eight foot oars this summer and they proceeded to go to hell finish-wise. *I used the boat almost daily and did not feel that protecting them from the weather would be so important. *Now I am going to sand them and give them a new finish. *What sort of finish do they need and why was this finish not applied at the factory? The varnish they use is useless. I sanded mine bare and then applied epoxy to them and then painted them white with WR155 epoxy primer. I have found that this primer holds up very well. |
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Dan Listermann wrote:
I bought a pair of eight foot oars this summer and they proceeded to go to hell finish-wise. I used the boat almost daily and did not feel that protecting them from the weather would be so important. Now I am going to sand them and give them a new finish. What sort of finish do they need and why was this finish not applied at the factory? Dan, I don't even know if this stuff is still available, but about 20 years ago I painted a pair of 9ft spruce with Rustoleum Woodsaver (or something like that - the can is still out in the shed) and they have been outside for maybe a dozen season since and still look pretty good fro work boat oars. Matt |
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On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:51:42 -0500, "Dan Listermann"
wrote: I bought a pair of eight foot oars this summer and they proceeded to go to hell finish-wise. I used the boat almost daily and did not feel that protecting them from the weather would be so important. Now I am going to sand them and give them a new finish. What sort of finish do they need and why was this finish not applied at the factory? "Easy" is high gloss oil based enamel. Sand them bare, prime, and put on several coats. If you want to spend more time, money and energy on sinmething as mundane as oars, you can always sand them bare, and then starting with very thinned, slow cure epoxy, and then add a few layers of unthinned epoxy followed by a topcoat of oil based enamel. I'd take the first option. It will hold up a long time. For oil based enamel, you can get Rustoleum, or similar in small quantities. It holds up a lot better than water based enamel in this application. I wouldn't use poly on oars. Subsequent coats don't really bond very well and the finish will quickly degrade, especially where oar meets oarlock. I paint my oars white. Makes them a lot easier to find if you lose one in the water, and it makes you more visible to speedboats. |
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