Wood Flour.

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My wife and I are planning to build a canoe and one of the materials we need is wood flour. It is mixed with epoxy to fill the gaps between the boards on the canoe. Reading through boat building sites there are lots of references to wood flour and instructions to use it in boat building and repair but I can only find places in the US and Australia to buy it. Just the postage from the US is €55. :eek:

Has anyone heard of this stuff before in the UK.

Thanks Kev.
 
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Can't help thinking that it's a fancy name for the fine dust of the sort that collects in beltsander bags :rolleyes:
 
Ladylola that is about what it is but it's made from kiln dried and oil free wood. The slightest bit of moisture or oil in the wood flour can create problems. Also the size of the fibres has to be consistent other wise the apoxy/wood flour mix doesn't dry evenly. I'm just learning all this stuff. :confused:

Thanks Foxhole. I've just sent them an email.
 
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What type of canoe did you build Crickleymal ? We're planning on building a Eureka canoe from the plans by Michael Storer.
 
What type of canoe did you build Crickleymal ? We're planning on building a Eureka canoe from the plans by Michael Storer.

http://www.bateau2.com/free/ccanoeM.PDF one of those and a 17ft long version from plans of theirs that I bought. I used slightly different techniques. The 17ft long one I did it the way they advise with epoxy and talc filler and it's very sturdy although a bit wobbly on the water. However you can tip it right over and it won't flip. The shorter one I made using the techniques in the book "Building the 6 Hour Canoe" but using polyester resin rather than epoxy. It also seems sturdy but slightly more wobbly on the water. But again you can tip it up till it starts to sink and it wont flip.
http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/malwhite/Canoe/
 
Looks like fun. :D I've allready seen those photos from when I was looking around the internet at different canoe sites. From what I can understand with the three panel canoes ( bottom and 2 sides ) which are normally tape and glue, it's possible to use a talc/epoxy mix as there's not a lot of pressure on the joins. With five panels (floor and 2 panels each side) which are stitch and glue (first tied together with copper wire) there's a lot more pressure on the joins especially on the bow and stern where the conoes shape springs from. It is advised to use a wood flour/ epoxy mix as the fibers in the wood flour make a much stronger fillet.

I haven't built a canoe yet but I've been doing a hell of a lot of research.:cool: :LOL: :LOL:
 

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