Staining the Recess - microBootlegger Sport - E30
Pre staining the cockpit recess so it will match the rest of the boat.
A fun, elegant recreational kayak with serious open water capability.
Pre staining the cockpit recess so it will match the rest of the boat.
If you want to build a lightweight, rugged, and beautiful small boat, combining thin strips of wood with epoxy and fiberglass will make a cartoppable, low-maintenance, and gorgeous vessel. Nick Schade has been building strip-built boats for over 30 years.
In this episode I break expensive router bits and tear apart expensive plywood.
Fitting the final strips on the back deck of the microBootlegger Sport.
All that is left to strip is the back deck. I need trim to the feature line between the side and the back deck.
With the center accent well centered, it is just a matter of fitting one end of the strip and getting the grain alignment to match the other side.
Getting the centerline exactly in the center helps assure the strips on either side will be a perfect mirror image.
Adding strips to one side of the front deck.
Getting back on track with the book match pattern after discovering a mistake.
So, I found a couple strips out of sequence. I had to strip off the strips.