Bob, I havent followed the discussion from the beginning so I don't know what kind of wood you are varnishing, having worked on fleets of yachts professionally and done lots of varnish and myself being raised from age six on a sailboat all over the world ( 51 now..) and still having 6 boats of various sizes including a uniflite I have seen my share of horror stories... teak can be temperamental and because of its oily nature make sure to wipe it really well with lacquer thinner or acetone to remove as much oil as you can before varnishing, it is more of a problem with "newer" teak but I have seen beautiful varnish jobs ruined by huge blisters, some as big as 12" diameter when the varnish decides to let go of the wood because of the oil preventing the varnish from sticking to the wood and penetrating the grain... and it's a shame to see 10 or more coats of flawless varnish bubble up and ruin weeks of work because someone didn't take 2 minutes to wipe the surface down.. eric ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob S<mailto:[email protected]> To: UnifliteWorld<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:37 PM Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Any suggestions
Thanks everyone. I agree on the cetol description. Looks terrible when compared to a good varnish job. So first I am going to be much more proactive with the re-varnishing. I just retired so now I don't have an excuse. (I spent the last 6 years working out of town and on airplanes) If I do have to go back to bare wood I will try using a penetrating epoxy. It really sounds like the right idea. You all know that the slightest split in the varnish ends up discoloring all the way into the wood. The epoxy should help that. I have saved these strings in case they are needed. Thanks again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
