[Public-List] rub rail digressing to epoxy fires

[dan walker]

earth to gordon, come in major gordon. you are hallucinating again!!!!!!
but tis a fine dream me boy

Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote: I find I have the most success with varnish when I arrainge to have the beer
mentioned below close at hand, but also and perhaps more importantly, a
pretty woman holding it for me.  I get really really good results if she
keeps up a stream of compliments on my style, and predictions of the lovely
appearance of the parts I have already done, as I work.

Gord #426





> 
> roger
> varnishing is a labor of love. one thing i have3 learned though is always
> varnish with a beer near and a cigar going. that way you always get dome cigar
> ash in the varnish and if any one wants to comment about the many
> imperfections you can blame it on the cigar and beer.
> dan
> rascal 145  
> 
> 
> "Roger L. Kingsland"  wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> RE epoxy fires; no, thankfully, although I have had some "epoxy solutions"
> that were too hot to touch, no fires as of yet (reminds me to put the fire
> extinguishers back on board).  Closest I have come is back in the day when I
> used MarineTex I used to enjoy the smoke after mixing the two parts.  I
> guess my biggest frustration (so far, many more opportunities for mistakes
> in the offing) is "coatings".  I love carpentry and don't mind spending time
> to do it right (IE: fix my mistakes); but, as soon as it's time to apply
> something on top, all of the gremlins come out of the closet/woodwork.
> 
> Here is what I think I have learned (dangerous assumption);  1), anyone who
> has used varnish more than twice has too much time on his/her hands and
> should "seek help" (no, really; I am not afraid of work but, to spend weeks
> applying 8 coats that last the same number of months in sunshine is
> "certifiable"), 2) more thin coats are better than fewer thick coats (thick
> results in the same appearance as antique glass; thin allows sanding flat
> [is that called faring] permitting, at least the potential for perfection),
> 3) rollers are better than brushes, especially if you agree thin is good, 4)
> foam rollers are best (I have tried several [thousand] and discovered those
> with fuzz will deposit their fuzz on my/your/anyones/everyones boat, even if
> you blow them off with air from your third, progressively more powerful,
> compressor and roll them over super sticky duct tape and pray the rosary
> [and I'm not even Catholic] six times over the roller before wetting), 4) if
> you don't have the right roller, don't bother (actually, that applies only
> to the last coat which I have done, on average, 4 times with each coating
> project) and the right roller is small cell foam with rounded edges made by
> Sherwin Williams and costing about 10% of what I paid for the several
> thousand fuzzy rollers, 5) be like the positions and manage expectations; it
> never will be as good as you hope/think it should (the reason my boat is
> named "PERFECT intentions").
> 
> Words of wisdom worth what you paid for them.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Roger 148        
> 
> 
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