Prep the Hull for Canvas

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After about 8 hours of hand sanding the interior - on goes a 50/50 mix of varnish and thinner - to seal the interior. Looks like Sue really likes those fumes!

Good shot of that two-tone center rib.....

After the outside of the hull is sanded with a disk sander, you heat up a can of boiled linseed oil, on a burner, and lay a coat of that hot oil to the absorbent outer wood...