Traditional Snowshoe Care - Spar Varnish & Lampwick Bindings - Winter Gear Maintenance
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2023
- In this video from the workshop, I restore a pair of hardwood and rawhide snowshoes I had recently gotten to replace the pair I destroyed last year. I started off by using 80 grit sandpaper to remove all of the old and flaky spar varnish and open up the pores of the wood for the new coats. After two hours of sanding, I dusted the shoes off and began painting on the new marine spar varnish. I laid it on heavily to ensure it would soak into all the cracks, especially in the areas that get hard use. I applied two coats over 4 days, letting cure for 48 hours each. Once the snowshoes were dry, I added the lampwick webbing off my old ones, and headed out to the bush with my dog, Naomi, to give them a try in the deep snow. Although the snow wasn't the best for snowshoeing, the shoes worked great, and the varnish easily flexed with the rawhide webbing and wood frame, keeping it's seal without any cracks or noticiable wear. I'm looking forward to getting some real use out of them in coming videos, and hopefully they won't blow apart like the last pair.
Thanks for watching,
- Nicholas
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Thanks for watching!
- Nicholas
New (older) subscriber here. Found your channel when checking out hewing hatchet restorations so thought i would say hello from the Ottawa Valley. Nice to see lampwick bindings being used. Simple, effective and easy to remove. Used many times in my younger days in north saskatchewan bush. Still have my modified bearpaws i bought in 1970. Great content Nicholas!
Thanks for sharing , God Bless
I always enjoy whatever you are doing. Thanks for all the good content. Cheers
Glad to hear it! More coming soon
That marine spar varnish isn’t cheap!
Thanx, I have snowshoe canoe chair to varnish.
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Looks great wished I knew how to make one from scratch be perfect for the winter here
I see lots of them on eBay if you're looking for a pair
Your snowshoes look in great condition! Do you know how old they are?
No idea how old they are, but I have little faith they'll last the season 😆 Some of the rawhide was birttle enough I could snap it when I got them
WOW 😲 that was a short fer sur !!!! But glad to see ya 🤠 .
I like steel wool pads rather than sand paper but that me. Most important is as long as the job gets done 👍🏽. So you can get out and enjoy the countryside 🤠😀.
And Nicholas sure lives in a beautiful area !!!!!
Good 2 c the doggy again !!!! Sadly I 4got her name.... If I remember right it's definitely the name of a girl (or woman)( Naomi maybe ??) 😂 whatever. So how did ur last set break?? Just alot of mileage ???
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Steel wool would've helped, the sandpaper was a pain in the ass to work with but that's all I had. You are correct, the dogs name is Naomi! My old pair was just too far gone by the time I got them. Most of the rawhide was almost worn through and super brittle. I tried to save them but the varnish I put on them wasn't much better, ended up blowing the webbing out on the last video I used them on. Sucks because they are definitely my favourite style of shoe
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You know if you'd talk less your vids would be easier to concentrate on. Another good one nephew
Why do I get the feeling when Nicholas around family and friends you guys have to tell him to shut up? 😂 Just kidding he seems like a great guy.
@@victorstephens3604 nah hes a reserved quiet dude, hes likely going to get a bunch of my guns when I kick off. very proud of him and his brother jacob