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HELP!
Nah, just kidding. It's not THAT important, but I would like to find something that will work for my latest wooden brainchild.
I'm getting interested in making a ******* wooden Jon boat, on the cheap, for fishing local creeks. I've seen at least one online where a guy made it using simple 3/8 plywood as a hull bottom and side gunwales, with a light weight wooden pine frame inside for support. He posted a video with it in the water and running on an electric motor, so I know the design is sound. All the materials are just common, off the shelf at the home store, construction lumber. I plan to make a modified version of his, somewhat larger so it holds two people.
My problem is, the one I saw was sealed using asphalt driveway sealer. I'd like something just a bit nicer, so I'm searching for an inexpensive, also off the shelf at the home store, product that I can paint on that will seal the wood from absorbing water for at least a few hours at a time. This boat won't get used often, just once in a while. When it does, it will be for several hours each time. Is there a brush on sealant that can serve the purpose, or would I be better off using spray on truck bed coating or something similar?
Nah, just kidding. It's not THAT important, but I would like to find something that will work for my latest wooden brainchild.
I'm getting interested in making a ******* wooden Jon boat, on the cheap, for fishing local creeks. I've seen at least one online where a guy made it using simple 3/8 plywood as a hull bottom and side gunwales, with a light weight wooden pine frame inside for support. He posted a video with it in the water and running on an electric motor, so I know the design is sound. All the materials are just common, off the shelf at the home store, construction lumber. I plan to make a modified version of his, somewhat larger so it holds two people.
My problem is, the one I saw was sealed using asphalt driveway sealer. I'd like something just a bit nicer, so I'm searching for an inexpensive, also off the shelf at the home store, product that I can paint on that will seal the wood from absorbing water for at least a few hours at a time. This boat won't get used often, just once in a while. When it does, it will be for several hours each time. Is there a brush on sealant that can serve the purpose, or would I be better off using spray on truck bed coating or something similar?