JEM Watercraft

I recently picked up a 23 year old Merrimack. I just finished removing the old cracked varnish off the boat and want to refinish the wood. Is it recommended that I frst treat it with an oil of some type before I put varnish on it? I want it to shine but I am going to use this canoe also. thanks. 1st post

Wow the plans haven't been out that long!

Since you have an older wooden boat, I certainly don't want to steer you wrong. you could seal it with epoxy and then varnish it. Be sure to do a good job getting all old layer off first.

You could also use some sort of other finish. http://www.wcha.org has a forum with some great advice on refinishing classic canoes.

I went to that site and it was a hockey site(just slightly different ), you might want to try this link http://www.wcha.org/ I think this is what Matt was talking about.

painted

oops! Yes that's .org. Fixed the link in my post.