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Backpack finish? #7159786 01/28/21 11:20 PM 01/28/21 11:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 343 PA woodchuck OP trapper
woodchuck OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 343 PA	On a wooden trapping backpack what do you use to coat/finish it?

Re: Backpack finish? [Re: woodchuck] #7159851 01/29/21 12:01 AM 01/29/21 12:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 172 new york B banchee trapper
banchee trapper B Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 172 new york	use old time shellac one pint all you need do 2 coats and pack basket is good for many many years. soaks in and really protects the wood TOMMY HAYES

Re: Backpack finish? [Re: woodchuck] #7159857 01/29/21 12:04 AM 01/29/21 12:04 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,587 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,587 Green County Wisconsin	BLO boiled linseed oil I use it on almost everything wood America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Backpack finish? [Re: woodchuck] #7159871 01/29/21 12:17 AM 01/29/21 12:17 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,643 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,643 New Hampshire	I use this on my wooden canoe....best stuff out there..if you ask me It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Backpack finish? [Re: woodchuck] #7159873 01/29/21 12:18 AM 01/29/21 12:18 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,643 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 23,643 New Hampshire	It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Backpack finish? [Re: woodchuck] #7160106 01/29/21 09:03 AM 01/29/21 09:03 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 343 PA woodchuck OP trapper
woodchuck OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 343 PA	Thanks for the replies. Haven't had one in years and got one yesterday and just need to finish it. I thought I had remembered shellac (was 40 years ago though) but then was told polyurethane, what a friend used on his close to 40 years ago too. At the one store they only had spar urethane. Guess it's exterior and breathes with the wood? Says not to mix (coats) the two. Thanks again.

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