[Public-List] varnish

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In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:47:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
laughing_gull at verizon.net writes:

have not  tried putting the epoxy under it. Does that allow for the wood to 
breath  enough? traditional varnish actually breathes a bit, and this was one 
of the  gripes about the Bristol Finish type varnishes - that it eventually 
some water  got under it, and caused blistering.


That is an interesting consideration. I thought the idea of the epoxy was  to 
seal the wood, so that no water could penetrate the porous varnish surface,  
and so that was why a varnished finish protected that way would last longer 
than  just plain varnish.
 
The reason I had to do wood down and redo my  main hatch was that the  
varnish was blistering in a few spots. The blisters were not pierced; they were  
small areas where the varnish had lifted off the wood. That is precisely what I  
am trying to avoid with this new system. Ggeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzz! :)
 
Lee 
Stargazer #255



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