Decoration

[stretchMike]

After releasing the shell from the mold and finish sanding my mind turned to a little decoration on the hatch.

It takes a brave or foolhardy man to take a hot iron to the freshly sanded handiwork. Think I am more of the latter, but after having previously messed around on a kayak project with wood burning with a soldering iron I went all in this time:

 

 

For the bird spotters: two Common Loons and male and female Red Winged Blackbirds among the cattails – both common where I like to camp.

 

[rovineye]

Nice work! I added the Oly beer logo to my transom. The okume burns quite evenly. I was afraid the glass, epoxy and varnish might fade the char too much but it didn’t, so I could have tried some more detail. Your’s will be stunning.

[friz]

Wow! That is stunning. I can’t wait to it under the finish.

[greenninja51502]

Very nice work.

[SOMDTD]

Wow, nice work.

[stretchMike]

After 4 coats of epoxy I am quite pleas3ed with how the burn shows through:

[teardropkevin]

Rovineye,

Did you purchase your Hopitat letters from CLC?  I’m looking at getting mine there but they have several sizes too choose from.  What size are your letters?

[rovineye]

Kevin,

Custom Vinyl Boat Lettering – Green
3″ – Futura

Went on super easy and no sign of letters lifting or tearing.

[Bill]

Fantastic, wish I was as talented in the artist area.

Bill

[indianaterri]

I added glitter to my overall look.  This made the finish a bit grittier and I’ve added another coat or two of varnish.

My dream machine.  Thinking of adding a unicorn horn to the front.

And no, I’m not joshn’.  I’m getting close to finished, I’ll have pictures soonish…

My biggest regret is not taking more pictures during the process…

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