NYCkayaker Paddle finish

Don & Martha hecticbunny at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 6 18:12:09 EDT 2008 

With the wood paddles I've only used Butchers Wax from a can like shoe polish.
The redwood and cedar woods seemed to be stringy and fiberous while wearing, the various found 2x4's surfaces always held up better.

I leave the paddles in the boats on the beach exposed to the weather most of the summer,  the pine, hemlock and other 2x4 paddles would take on a silvery patina.

Tried that with some minimally finished plywood boats but they mildewed rather than turn the nice silver color

Don Betts 
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>    2. Re:  NYCKayaker Digest, Vol 32, Issue 6 (Don & Martha)
>    3. Re:  Saturday Paddle (JLGOLD at aol.com)
>    4.  Landings on Roosevelt Island (Brian G. Maxey)
>    5. Re:  Fuzzy Paddle (Joy Hecht)
>    6. Re:  Landings on Roosevelt Island (erikbaard at gmail.com)
>    7. Re:  Fuzzy Paddle (erikbaard at gmail.com)
>    8.  HRWA Web site back up (Jeremy Speer)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:21:57 -0400
> From: torahron at aol.com
> Subject: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
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> If its any help I use Teak Oil that I picked up at Home Depot. I asked this question when I was building 
> my first paddle & got answers from baby oil to anything that would soak into the wood. I decided on 
> Teak oil because right or wrongly I figured They use teak wood on yacht decks & the choice at 
> Home Depot was between that and tung oil. 
> I have been told that any oil will do & have had no problem with the teak.
> I don't thing the Inuits in Greenland had access to epoxy when they made their first paddles several 
> thousand years ago and I don't its P.C. today to use Whale Oil.
> regards?
> Ron
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:08:44 -0400
> From: Don & Martha 
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker NYCKayaker Digest, Vol 32, Issue 6
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> 
> There is an editorial in Friday April 4 2008 Providence Journal,
> it comes right up if googled,   Where are the kayaks?
> 
> Sounds like a spot for a Downtown Boathouse like set up.
> 
> Don Betts 
> 
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> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:40:04 EDT
> From: JLGOLD at aol.com
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Saturday Paddle
> To: lee060 at earthlink.net, NYCkayaker at rockandwater.net
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> Unfortunately I got this message too late.  I got out today from  Mamaroneck 
> Harbor.  Great out today.  The nice thing about this put in  is that you can 
> be as protected or unprotected as you wish as the paddling can  be within 
> Mamaroneck Harbor or into Milton Harbor without ever entering the  Sound.     
> Relatively protected from the Northeast  winds.
>  
> Lee Goldsmith
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:15:10 -0400
> From: "Brian G. Maxey" 
> Subject: NYCkayaker Landings on Roosevelt Island
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> Hi,
>  
> Are there any put-ins on Roosevelt Island, or perhaps more importantly,
> any place to take out.  I am supposed to play football on Fireman's
> Field and thought I might paddle over.  The field is near the tram
> station.
>  
> Brian
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:18:44 -0400
> From: Joy Hecht 
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> To: 
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> Thanks to all who made suggestions!  Clearly oil is the way to go.  I've got
> my Watco Danish Oil, unexpectedly found at Lowes, tomorrow I'll start
> sanding...
> 
> 
> 
> Joy 
> 
> ********************************************************
>  
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 burgundy vanagon
> www.joyhecht.net
>  
> ********************************************************
> 
> \
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net
> [mailto:nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net] On Behalf Of torahron at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:22 PM
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> Subject: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> 
> If its any help I use Teak Oil that I picked up at Home Depot. I asked this
> question when I was building 
> my first paddle & got answers from baby oil to anything that would soak into
> the wood. I decided on 
> Teak oil because right or wrongly I figured They use teak wood on yacht
> decks & the choice at 
> Home Depot was between that and tung oil. 
> I have been told that any oil will do & have had no problem with the teak.
> I don't thing the Inuits in Greenland had access to epoxy when they made
> their first paddles several 
> thousand years ago and I don't its P.C. today to use Whale Oil.
> regards?
> Ron
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 03:25:03 +0000
> From: erikbaard at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Landings on Roosevelt Island
> To: "Brian G. Maxey" ,
> 	nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net,	"NYCKayaker"
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> Sadly, no. We've had paddlers launch from there and lie to authorities that they launched from LIC to avoid penalties or closer monitoring in the future. Not helpful to us, especially one who was in a black whitewater boat, in black, no life jacket. Yikes.
> 
> There are plans for one south of middle, east channel. But none now, sorry.
> 
> Erik Baard
> http://naturecalendar.wordpress.org
> http://licboathouse.org
> 
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Brian G. Maxey" 
> 
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:15:10 
> To:
> Subject: NYCkayaker Landings on Roosevelt Island
> 
> 
> Hi,
>  
> Are there any put-ins on Roosevelt Island, or perhaps more importantly,
> any place to take out.  I am supposed to play football on Fireman's
> Field and thought I might paddle over.  The field is near the tram
> station.
>  
> Brian
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 03:27:29 +0000
> From: erikbaard at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> To: "Joy Hecht" ,
> 	nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net,	"NYCKayaker"
> 	
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> Hate to imagine how they extract it from the Danes. Still recovering from visiting the Swift Baby Oil factory in Ireland.
> 
> Erik Baard
> http://naturecalendar.wordpress.com
> http://licboathouse.org
> 
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joy Hecht 
> 
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:18:44 
> To:
> Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> 
> 
> Thanks to all who made suggestions!  Clearly oil is the way to go.  I've got
> my Watco Danish Oil, unexpectedly found at Lowes, tomorrow I'll start
> sanding...
> 
> 
> 
> Joy 
> 
> ********************************************************
>  
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 burgundy vanagon
> www.joyhecht.net
>  
> ********************************************************
> 
> \
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net
> [mailto:nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net] On Behalf Of torahron at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 12:22 PM
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> Subject: NYCkayaker Fuzzy Paddle
> 
> If its any help I use Teak Oil that I picked up at Home Depot. I asked this
> question when I was building 
> my first paddle & got answers from baby oil to anything that would soak into
> the wood. I decided on 
> Teak oil because right or wrongly I figured They use teak wood on yacht
> decks & the choice at 
> Home Depot was between that and tung oil. 
> I have been told that any oil will do & have had no problem with the teak.
> I don't thing the Inuits in Greenland had access to epoxy when they made
> their first paddles several 
> thousand years ago and I don't its P.C. today to use Whale Oil.
> regards?
> Ron
> 
> 
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG. 
> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.7/1361 - Release Date: 4/5/2008
> 7:53 AM
>  
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 22:39:53 -0600
> From: Jeremy Speer 
> Subject: NYCkayaker HRWA Web site back up
> To: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
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> Hey everybody,
> 
> Just wanted to let all y'all know that the HRWA website is now 100%  
> powered by Wordpress... and open for "business."
> 
> http://hrwa.org/
> 
> Registering for the HRWA site is totally separate from the email  
> list... but i encourage anybody so inclined to take a look and get to  
> blogging.
> 
> Anything you post will be held at first... but that's just a function  
> of Wordpress... once you have "approved" stuff you should be able to  
> post freely.
> 
> I would encourage anybody planning a trip to put the trip details  
> including the dates on the blog... it can be a bit more permanent than  
> posting to the email list.
> 
> One last thing, due to a big change under the hood all users  
> previously registered were deleted, so you'll have to re-register.  
> Sorry about that.
> 
> Questions/comments, send 'em my way.
> 
> -jspeer
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