[Public-List] Cetol vs west systemRe: Seagrass

[dickdurk at atlanticbb.net]

There is one solution: call it "patina" and declare that 
finish to be a part of it's value.
I learned that from the Antiques Roadshow.

MichaelGrosh
#220


On Fri, 28 May 2010 07:01:11 -0400
  "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> On wood finishes, there are no "never do it again, " 
>solutions. The attempts at "never do it again" remedies 
>will only result in aged and badly deteriorated finishes 
>that will be dues difficult to remove.
> 
> The more "never do it again" the finish that is thought 
>to be a perfect solution, the more one will say, " I'll 
>never do that again"
> 
> There is no free lunch with wood finishes.
> 
> All finishes are transitory.
> 
> Best
> 
> John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <mahseer at kos.net>
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> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Cetol vs west systemRe: 
>Seagrass
> 
> 
>>I did this and was a failure.  After a couple of years 
>>cracks appeared in
>> the epoxy and water entered underneath.  Had to be 
>>scraped off and
>> varnished, not recomended.
>>
>> John Boor
>> MAHSEER #380
>>
>>
>>
>>> Considering redoing the toe rail around # 438. Is there 
>>>any reason not to
>>> redo it with 1 or 2 coats of west system and never do it 
>>>again, as opposed
>>> to 4 or 5 coats of cetol, and another yearly?
>>> Thanks, Rick.
>>>
>>>
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