1929 Old Town 18' Canoe #96801 Restoration       Previous owner photo -Vermont   Previous owner photo -Vermont   Previous owner photo -Vermont         Previous owner photo -Vermont   Pat, Joe and a friend soap out the inside- Texas   Full resolution here shows how dark the 74 year old varnish is         start removing stem bands and the keel   74 years old. And 74 years of paint!   Outwale off         View of canvas rot   Untacking the stem   Looks very good         First stem band off   peels right off   Cedar looks good         The boys have the honor of removing the last of it   Pat, Joe and a pal - proud canoe workers!   Mice work from 1929         Trophy Skin   Clinching Iron from Roland   Texas in August: 100+F         Good view of my hammer blooms   Piece of RR track - a Texas clinching iron!   Klean Strip KS3 covered with saran wrap. I wasn't very good with the saran wrap         First pass at stripping that 74 year old varnish   That methylene chloride is going to freakin kill me   progress         half done (right side)   Finishing the lower half   I could not have done it without this. I used Bix water rinse stripper for the final pass         Application bucket left - brushed out gunk on the right   I think the Bix is just fine - less $$ than the KS3 and Bix is water rinse (pressure rinse is a better word)   Drying after pressure wash         Last half   last half other end   Close up of varnish free!         Dry view of stripped wood. Note floorboard suntan. Digital colour not as good as real life   sanding view   Half sanded using a foam sanding block from Home Depot - 100 grit         Underside of cane - perfect   cane is perfect- varnish has darkened   View of hammer blooms - boling water is next step         Someone who was very good in a clinch   view of bad rib tops   Tacks pretty easy to remove         top one inch of stem has rot   the extreme point of deck rot/ruined by stem band screw   2nd and 3rd from left will be scarfed         blurry skeletal shot   stem top shot   view of number 2 and 3 rib top rot         Rotted stem tip removed   scarfed cant ribs ready for new tips   deck out         scarfed cant ribs   view of deck rot   view of deck rot         new rib tops and screw map for deck   scarfed cant ribs   front view new stem top         decks with rotted tips cut off   New stem top - untrimmed - inwales will set on top of the stem   Clamps with saran wrap to prevent gluing the wrong parts!         Stem clamps   Scarfs complete   Inside view of #8 scarf         inside view of #2,3 scarfs   Trimmed stem   new deck tips - rough shaped         Custom designed, mil-spec plank scribing tool   Cutting plank   Perfect fit!         Scribing plank using inwale as a guide   Unpacking new outwales from Old Town - for varnishing the inside   MAS epoxy and West Marine thickeners         First coat of 50/50 mineral spirt/spar varnish   Another shot of first coat   First coat revealed 3 cracked ribs - now on order (unbent) from Old Town         Batten for bending new ribs #12,14,18   Batten   Ribs retrieved from neighbor's pool. wedges         Rack of Ribs   Rube Goldberg steamer   Helpers         Successful rib benders   Rib #14 new   Old and New         Setting #14 - note #18   #18 an #14 are stained and should blend with their first drink of varnish   View of Varnished interior         50/50 Linseed/turpentine on planking   Oiling Planking   Oiling Planking     About 3 coats using a foam brush