In this week's episode we are out to varnish the gunwales. I've got my friend Ricky with me here at the Open Door Boatshop and the first thing for us to do is to make sure the entire boat is sanded smooth, we're going to start with some 80 grit and finish up with some 220, taking our time and doing a good job. Once the surface is ready for our first coat of varnish, we're going to thin our TotalBoat Lust with equal parts Thinner to make sure we get good penetration and the wood really takes the varnish. Once we get a good coat on the entire boat we are going to tip the varnish one last time. The last step for us at this point is to plug our screw holes, so we're just going to make our own plugs using a piece of wood, a drill press and my band-saw.