Comments on: Final Stroke Of The Epifanes Experiment http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/03/28/final-stroke-of-the-epifanes-experiment/ Living aboard a Bristol Channel Cutter, voyaging and exploring Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ben Eriksen http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/03/28/final-stroke-of-the-epifanes-experiment/#comment-2308 Ben Eriksen Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:47:36 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=55#comment-2308 Kevin, You don't have to wait 24 hrs for the Cetol. You can recoat after it goes tacky, like 5 hours or so. Which Cetol did you use? Do you have pics? Kevin,

You don’t have to wait 24 hrs for the Cetol. You can recoat after it goes tacky, like 5 hours or so. Which Cetol did you use? Do you have pics?

]]> By: Kevin D http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/03/28/final-stroke-of-the-epifanes-experiment/#comment-2292 Kevin D Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:47:31 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=55#comment-2292 Ben, that looks awesome. I really wish I had used something other than Cetol so I had something I didnt have to wait 24 hours between coats. Live and learn I guess but I didnt know about these other finishes when I did the work two years ago. Oh well. Ben, that looks awesome. I really wish I had used something other than Cetol so I had something I didnt have to wait 24 hours between coats. Live and learn I guess but I didnt know about these other finishes when I did the work two years ago. Oh well.

]]> By: Ben Eriksen http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/03/28/final-stroke-of-the-epifanes-experiment/#comment-2289 Ben Eriksen Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:45:15 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=55#comment-2289 Yeah, I would love to do another coat or two, but I'm out of time on this one, but there's always next year! I do have covers for everything thank goodness. Which is always funny to me, we work so hard on this damn varnish, then cover it up, as if to hide it ;-) Onto the bulwarks for me... Yeah, I would love to do another coat or two, but I’m out of time on this one, but there’s always next year! I do have covers for everything thank goodness. Which is always funny to me, we work so hard on this damn varnish, then cover it up, as if to hide it ;-)

Onto the bulwarks for me…

]]> By: rj http://bccelizabeth.com/2009/03/28/final-stroke-of-the-epifanes-experiment/#comment-2288 rj Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:08:38 +0000 http://bccelizabeth.com/?p=55#comment-2288 If you can stomach it (have the time), I would do just a couple more (2-3) coats of final gloss to help fill it in a bit more. Hard block it (with a little aggression, you have plenty of build coats, but go easy the edges) with 220 in between with 320 before the very final. At least the top of the hatchcover. That hatchcover is a very nice piece and it will show off well. Plus it is mostly flat and is easy to hard block (I wish I could say that for my little sloop, which has lots of roundy bits). But I understand about varnishing from "here to eternity". The routine gets old quick. Do you have a canvas cover for the hatch? Took us ten years of varnishing before we finally made a cover. Boy were we stupid! lol. Shoulda done it from the get go. Looks really good. If you can stomach it (have the time), I would do just a couple more (2-3) coats of final gloss to help fill it in a bit more. Hard block it (with a little aggression, you have plenty of build coats, but go easy the edges) with 220 in between with 320 before the very final. At least the top of the hatchcover.

That hatchcover is a very nice piece and it will show off well. Plus it is mostly flat and is easy to hard block (I wish I could say that for my little sloop, which has lots of roundy bits).

But I understand about varnishing from “here to eternity”. The routine gets old quick. Do you have a canvas cover for the hatch? Took us ten years of varnishing before we finally made a cover. Boy were we stupid! lol. Shoulda done it from the get go.

Looks really good.

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