The end of the kayak build has arrived and it's time to finish coat the work and attach the rigging.
As this particular kayak has a nice wooden finish I have chosen to use paint on the hull and varnish on the deck. The whole kayak is already fibreglassed and has had several coats of epoxy. This fibreglass is now transparent. Epoxy can degrade in the presence of ultraviolet light so direct sunshine must be blocked out. In order to keep the deck finish looking I coat it in four layers of Epifanes spar varnish. This is a UV blocking medium and it looks well also. For the hull I have laid on a primer, and two undercoats. The final coat will be a marine paint.
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