Date With A Varnish Brush
The varnish game continues, but it’s getting a bit warmer outside, and I’m getting the itch to wrap up these inside projects so I can get down to the boat itself and complete the bulwark refinish project. Had a slight set back on the Seahood. Found some delaminated plywood on the underneath side, and shortly after my discovery I had pulled off a few square inches of soft wood… oops. CPES, within arms reach, to the rescue. There was some in bosun’s stores, leftovers from my summer deck core rot project.
The deck boxes are moving along, and will see their final coat tonight I hope… depends on if I can keep the Sag Monster at bay. I’ve been dating alot of varnish products, and have yet to commit to one in particular. It’s good to get out and play the field. I’m learning alot about each varnish and about myself. Often I’ve found, it’s not the varnish, it’s me. It’s my technique, not the size of my brush. Bristol Finish likes it thin. It doesn’t mind being slapped around or dragged over a few times, as long as it goes on thin. I have a hunch, things get a little milky when I lay it on too thick. Deck Boxes are looking better than the fwd scuttle so far.
Dr. B,
At last!
Your emergence into or from Realms of the Unreal ?
“Harem of wood finishes”
What happened to no kissin’ & tellin’ ???
Must be the fumes finally taking hold
Open a window
Spring come fast, this man is going insane!
Ben,
I’ve had both varnish and epoxy go cloudy when it didn’t get dry before night- time, when the temperature dropped and the relative humidity increased. Especially if you’re doing multiple coats in one day, you may not have the drying complete enough by cooling-off time. Just a thought.
However, your brightwork in the pics looks great! Now you can start sewing covers for it! Ha.
Dan
Yes highly possible, I think longer between coats and keeping the temp up as well has helped. I often open the window to help ventilate. The can does say will cure in temps down to 32ยบ, however it doesn’t say (it might get cloudy though). My deck boxes look better, and I went 2 hrs between coats instead of my usual 1 hr and tried to keep the temp higher… seems to pay off.
Good observation, I think we concur!