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The big advantage to tung oil over many "oil finishes" in my mind is the ease of renewing it, so I don't worry too much about UV. A few extra coats, allowing it to fully dry between coats, will enhance UV protection some... but as the finish will diminish over time due to uv exposure...

good deal. Some have drivers, too, as I recall - and others (like SW) have some additives for UV and fungal inhibitors.

Linseed oil is good stuff, though I prefer tung as it doesn't yellow as much as linseed over time. I'm not familiar with this particular brand, but Sutherland Welles have been selling polymerized tung oil and it is quite good. It would be totally fine with calls. The advantage to me of pure...

Been out of pocket for a bit due to a badly rolled ankle and then a week out of town then some house guests, but during that period decided to order a trailer as I haven't been able to find a used one I liked for the right deal. I ended up buying an aluminum trailer, same size as the one @tod...

I failed.

Pretty cool.

Looking really good! I'll second the build up and sand with an easier to sand material. If you can't find microballoons labeled as such wherever you can find WEST systems you can probably find their fairing mixture (which, I believe, is microballoons).

Welcome Robert! That is a gorgeous call, fantastic carving!

Love the history, and the outbuildings!

Interesting, and exactly the opposite of people! 😝

Your N95 was not the problem, it was the fit. You can't do much better than an N95, but only if it fits. If it doesn't, you might as well use a handkerchief. In a hospital setting, to get N95s one has to be fit-tested - The summary version is that you wear the N95, then put on a hood, into...

Sam is still pretty accessible, or was a year ago, when I needed to talk through the plans with him. At that point they were redoing many of his plans to reflect his shift towards building them upside down - and the SG plans I received still had a foot in both camps, if you will, and lacked a...

I'm a first-timer, building a Snow Goose. I guess the answer is ultimately determined based on your skillsets (woodworking, epoxy experience, etc.), but based in my SG experience I'd say it is not too much for a first-timer. I've been doing woorkworking in various forms for many years, I'd...

Looks fantastic!

Those are looking great! What's your estimate of final weight?

Got my outside edges taped this week and went in today to layout and cut glass for the deck, but realized I'm a few feet short. Went ahead and ordered some s-glass for the deck, but on hold for a few days. Braved the heat for an hour to get the tape edges feathered. Peel ply definitely makes...