mash paddle

Consider how long your mash paddle is in the wort... An oar's coating is meant to be waterproof and withstand long exposure to water. The 1 minute of stir time is not really an issue. Granted, like I said, we did not cut our paddle down, and expose the raw edges of the finish to the wort.

We used if for over a 100 batches of beer.

you left the varnish on your paddles at rattle snake?

i was thinking veggie oil.

thanks for the help

Put a little lemon oil on the paddle. It will soak into the wood, and treat it, without any harsh additives to your beer. We used an oar for stirring mash at the Rattlesnake as well, although, we did not sand it or cut any holes. Granted, mashing in with 400 lbs of grain and 135 gallons of water doesn't require a paddle with holes

At Anchor they use canoe paddles!

That paddle looks nice, you'll have to let us know how it works out for you. Good call on the sanding, no one wants Varnishbrau, j/k. The cool part is how those paddles get a patina after a good deal of use, especially if you do a dark mashing.

Gotta respect a man who can improvise! Looks great!

ok, bought an oar for $10 this included tax. jeff provide a belt sander (no more varnish). the 20 min with a drill spindle sander, and a router. i did cut it width wise down to about 5" i think it looks great, going to do a like hand sanding and it will be ready to go. what do you guys think?