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"Kurt, I'm at the same place you are, and did a pretty thorough search, here, as well as starting a thread on the topic, and settled on Randy Dersham's (and others) recommendation of using 20 oz tri-axial with graphite.  I also bought…"

"Rick, your boat is looking good.   Don't fret the setback.  Enjoy the festival.  And keep in mind my wife's favorite expression when I start obsessing, "perfection is the enemy of good enough." I know, I hate…"

"Brad, I've used CPES on several projects over the years, but it's always been on new wood. Seven years ago, I saturated my unfinished mahogany front door on my house with CPES, and top coated it with a UV-inhibiting polyurethane.  The…"

"Jack, Like Dave says. The only thing I would add is if you want rain and 'after the river trip wash water' to drain during your drive home, be sure to put the drain on the right side of the boat (looking down river?) if you trailer it bow…"

"Steve, when I first built my boat, I did exactly what Dave mentioned, above, and even used the same fitting that he linked to. In my restoration, I wanted to put in a second one (again as Dave suggested), and as he said, JD has them for something…"

"Steve, I'm not as familiar with the strengthening properties of fiberglass, particularly in that orientation as I am with wood. But what Dave described is pretty much the way my Tatman boat was designed in 1996 as mentioned in my post…"

"wait you guys just screw that in and it seals up real nice? you mean i can stop using these stupid thing?"

"Hey Rick, I noticed that you put some plywood "collars" around the pipe holes in your front seat.  Is that standard practice or your idea? Either way, it's an elegant solution to backing up those holes.  Hope you don't…"

"Ah, Woodcraft.  I don't think you can come out of that place for less than $70, can you?  They have some nice stuff, though.  And it looks great on your boat. Jack"

"Rick, thanks.  But good?  I'm thinking functional will be more fitting.  Matter of fact, I've thought about dubbing her Patina.  Then, I moved on to Phoenix.  But Re-Emerger seems kind of clever, so I might stick…"

"Oops, sorry.  My bad.  I guess I misunderstood the chronology.  I'm glad he did it your way. Jack"

"Wayne, here's my Tatman boat.  I'm not quite done replacing the bottom and the flooring, but I'm getting close.  I still need to finish the rowing seat and build a new front seat and fly line deck. Anyway, it's also a…"

"So you sanded, then varnished, and now you're putting on oil? Jack"

"Sounds fun.  But it looks like you're getting down to the worm.  I'm guessing you'll need at least one more bottle to finish that project. Jack"

"Rick, looks like you're getting into the fun part.  Nice looking front seat.  What are you using for a topcoat? Jack"

"D Lowe, it sounds like I'm about a year ahead of you on the exact same process.  Search my posts and you might find answers to some of your questions. And follow Robb's advice on cutting your bottom over-sized.  I think it's…"