Originally Posted by Lutine Originally Posted by

I have been using two component varnish on a dozen rowing shells the last decade and also some old wooden sculls that bend extremely during a stroke. None of them ever peeled off or cracked exept peeling when the preps were done by unexperienced club members. On the other hand the varnish provedsuperior in resistance to abraision. For rowing shells it is by far the most suitable product. However i would hesitate to put it on wood that will be submerged for a whole year. Mind you my experience is limited to epifanes only, and rowing shells are kept on land when not used.



I'm varnishing some rope stropped blocks with Hempel now to limit the maintenance up in the mast. In a decade I can report how they held out.