Yes the first time I did it I did wait a couple of hours in between coats and then I found it wasn’t necessary. Just to be safe I’d go with 20 minutes in between each coat. When you go to wipe another coat on if the one underneath is not quite dry it would be easy to get lines. So you want to make sure the last coat is completely dry before adding a new coat to it. It’s all a learning process.
Thanks for the video, lol about the 20…if you weren’t recording you know you’d hit 20 on the first try haha. Beautiful piece btw 🤍. What difference do you see if it’s diluted?
I like to save money. I find that when I dilute the varnish not only does the original bottle of varnish go longer, but it doesn’t appear as thick. I kind of like doing the different layers of the 50-50 split.
It does, however, say on the bottle, not to mix it with water 😕 I have a small bottle of it, along with a big bottle of gloss varnish, and that’s what I observed when I read through the instructions on the gloss one before applying it as the finishing touch on the canvas.
You’re right. On the bottle it says don’t dilute it. However I’m very pleased with my results after varnishing several coats with it mixed 50/50 with water.
Hi, I saw a video before this you said wait 3 hours between each coat and now you said 10 minutes between each coat, it is enough time?
Yes the first time I did it I did wait a couple of hours in between coats and then I found it wasn’t necessary. Just to be safe I’d go with 20 minutes in between each coat. When you go to wipe another coat on if the one underneath is not quite dry it would be easy to get lines. So you want to make sure the last coat is completely dry before adding a new coat to it. It’s all a learning process.
Thanks for the video, lol about the 20…if you weren’t recording you know you’d hit 20 on the first try haha. Beautiful piece btw 🤍.
What difference do you see if it’s diluted?
I like to save money. I find that when I dilute the varnish not only does the original bottle of varnish go longer, but it doesn’t appear as thick. I kind of like doing the different layers of the 50-50 split.
@@agould105 sounds like a plan to me. I’m going to take your advice, thanks so much! 🙂
It does, however, say on the bottle, not to mix it with water 😕 I have a small bottle of it, along with a big bottle of gloss varnish, and that’s what I observed when I read through the instructions on the gloss one before applying it as the finishing touch on the canvas.
You’re right. On the bottle it says don’t dilute it. However I’m very pleased with my results after varnishing several coats with it mixed 50/50 with water.