April, 1918 
FOREST AND S T R E A M 
243 
PUTTING THE CANOE 
IN COMMISSION 
(continued from page 230) 
than we later care to carry out, and end 
by making a poor job. The reason for 
this waning ambition is that we know 
what ought to be done but have not the 
knowledge or skill to see it through. So 
take the advice of those who have gone 
through the mill and do not scrape down 
to the wood or cloth. Simply put a lot of 
good old “elbow grease” back of some 
sand paper, working from a coarse to a 
fine sand and finishing with a dust rag. 
Old paint and varnish rubbed down, un¬ 
less it is too full of cracks and blisters, 
is the finest foundation and protection the 
hull can have. Under no circumstances 
use a torch as it will scorch the canvas, 
causing it to become brittle and destroy¬ 
ing its tensile strength besides the de¬ 
structive effect on the filler. On wooden 
canoes it will blacken the wood and open 
the seams to such an extent that they will 
always cause annoyance. The use of paint 
remover is the only way to reduce old 
coatings but requires considerable patience 
and careful work. Wooden parts, laid 
bare, can be bleached clean with oxalic acid 
mixed in luke warm water. This wash 
will remove rust stains. Care should be 
exercised to rinse off the parts thus 
bleached so as to remove all acid. 
The selection of materials for finishing 
is a problem to be settled by each indi¬ 
vidual. Certainly all of us know that 
outside spar varnishes or colors mixed 
with outside spar varnishes are the only 
kinds to be used. The difference is that 
some of us want long oil or slow drying 
varnishes and others, short oil or quick 
drying varnishes. The former has tougher 
wearing qualities and the latter possesses 
higher finishing possibilities, though both 
are thoroughly weather resisting. As the 
slow drying varnishes take several days to 
set, they need to be applied in a place 
quite free from dust. Not many canoeists 
can boast of such a place. They should, 
therefore, consider themselves fortunate to 
have such a choice of good tough outside 
spar varnishes that will dry quickly. 
The day for varnishing should have just 
the right atmospheric conditions. The sun 
should be high and the day clear and the 
air without chill. Do not varnish in the 
lee of a building or woods with a strong 
wind blowing as this place will be a whirl¬ 
pool of dust. You had better be on the 
windward side, if it is not chilly. Do not 
/arnish on a cold day as the coating will 
:reep and remain jelly-like in spots. Var- 
lish, enamels and paints should be applied 
warm. This can safely be done by placing 
he can in a bath or another vessel of 
varm water placed over^a low flame. The 
oating should be applied first with sweep- 
ng cross strokes from side to side, then 
moothing or spreading these with strokes 
•t right angles to the first and finally re- 
'eating the side to side stroke. 
In using color, the nicest plan is to lay a 
lat coating of color mixed in japan, 
nnumerable colors can be had already 
nixed in japan. These are put up like 
putty in tins as small as a pound which 
s ample for two coatings. Thinned with 
urpentine and applied, they dry immedi- 
tely in a flat even tone, leaving just 
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