[alberg30] Wrinkled Varnish

[finnus505 at aol.com]

Hi Bill,
As someone who has done everything wrong in varnishing at least once, I think 
the most common cause of wrinkles in the varnish is a coat that is put on too 
heavily.  Because it is a deeper layer, it looks great wet, but once it dries 
the wrinkles become apparent.

This is a messy mistake to have to correct, because the dry wrinkles on the 
surface usualy is on top of a gelatinous layer of partialy dried varnish. 
Paint remover or thinner is not a good way to go because it will damage the 
previous coats.  Using a scraper, gently remove as much of the goo as you 
can, then give any residue time to dry, then sand down to good varnish as 
soon as you can sand without the paper being immidiately flled by the goo, in 
other words, you can't sand until all the residual goo has dried.

Off hand I can't think of any other cause of wrinkling varnish, but that 
doesn't mean there aren't any!  Any thoughts from the group?
Hope this helps,
Lee
Stargazer #255

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