| Faring your canoe bottom is not difficult and can | | | | You can find it at for $3.98 a tub. You will need |
| be done in a few hours with simple hand tools and | | | | one or two tubs for an older boat. Use the plastic |
| under $50 in materials. Turbulence eats up energy | | | | putty knife that comes with the glazing compound |
| and can slow your boat down. It has been known | | | | right out of the tub and fill in your nicks on the |
| for some time that a 2-in. scratch on a smooth | | | | bottom. No mixing is required. Your glazing |
| surface can generate turbulence for 10 to 12 | | | | compound does not need to be perfectly flat |
| inches as water flows over the scratch. If you | | | | because it sands easily to flush it up with the |
| have an older watercraft your bottom is probably | | | | existing boat bottom. Allow the glaze to harden |
| not perfectly smooth any longer. | | | | for about an hour and sand off with your sponge |
| First, use a 100 grit sanding sponge or palm | | | | or palm sander. Repeat the process until the |
| sander containing purple 3M-type paper to clean | | | | bottom is smooth. |
| the bottom. Next, get out the glazing compound. | | | | |