What a privilege to be in Tunisia. What a bummer with that varnish. What a lovely finish you have ended with and my guess is epoxy will be harder wearing. I did not know you could thin epoxy. I have some west 105 to seal some plywood to seal as backing for flexi solar panels. Planning to apply it neat but will finish with paint for uv protection. I wish i had half your skills 👍
Former finishing guy, here. I have no idea what caused the problems with that varnish. I have not use white spirit as a thinner before, so I'm wondering about that, but without knowing what the solvent base is in the varnish, I'll reserve my judgement. In applications such as that, which are high wear and susceptible to knocks etc, I prefer to use very "soft" clear coats. A good Danish oil is my preferred. The reason for this is that it doesn't chip and allow water ingress like some of the polyurethanes do. Yes, it wears prematurely by comparison, but it's much easier to redress and there's no discolouration of the timber through water marking to deal with. My fifteen-year-old kitchen bench bears good testimony to this, and it is something that I've done professionally with no call backs. For a really neat job with Sikaflex and alike, I spend a bit of time masking up before application. I apply the product, remove as much excess as possible and immediately remove the tape while the product is wet. I then do one more smoothing pass with the finger and it comes up like nothing that you've ever seen. Yes, it's a bit of stuffing around, but you'll look at that job for the rest of your life and pat yourself on the back. Thanks for the content.
It looks like varnish thinner may have gone off in some way. We have always used white spirit before like on our steps in the companion way. 12 Coats and they look great. I have two test pieces out in the sun. One with our old white spirit and one with a new batch. The new batch is fine so I am wondering if the stuff we had really is white spirit or something else. It smells a bit funny compared to the new stuff. I think it's going in the bin and we will stick with the new stuff for the upcoming table refurbishment. Thanks for the comments. Sail Safe David. Ant & Cid
What a privilege to be in Tunisia. What a bummer with that varnish. What a lovely finish you have ended with and my guess is epoxy will be harder wearing.
I did not know you could thin epoxy. I have some west 105 to seal some plywood to seal as backing for flexi solar panels. Planning to apply it neat but will finish with paint for uv protection.
I wish i had half your skills
👍
Thanks mate. Keep watching we are going into fix and repair mode now. 🙂
Bummer with the varnish - but you rescued it well.👍
Thanks 👍 Mate. Sail Safe. Ant & Cid
It looks great! Nice job!👊👊
Thank you! Cheers! Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid
Former finishing guy, here. I have no idea what caused the problems with that varnish. I have not use white spirit as a thinner before, so I'm wondering about that, but without knowing what the solvent base is in the varnish, I'll reserve my judgement.
In applications such as that, which are high wear and susceptible to knocks etc, I prefer to use very "soft" clear coats. A good Danish oil is my preferred. The reason for this is that it doesn't chip and allow water ingress like some of the polyurethanes do. Yes, it wears prematurely by comparison, but it's much easier to redress and there's no discolouration of the timber through water marking to deal with. My fifteen-year-old kitchen bench bears good testimony to this, and it is something that I've done professionally with no call backs.
For a really neat job with Sikaflex and alike, I spend a bit of time masking up before application. I apply the product, remove as much excess as possible and immediately remove the tape while the product is wet. I then do one more smoothing pass with the finger and it comes up like nothing that you've ever seen. Yes, it's a bit of stuffing around, but you'll look at that job for the rest of your life and pat yourself on the back.
Thanks for the content.
It looks like varnish thinner may have gone off in some way. We have always used white spirit before like on our steps in the companion way. 12 Coats and they look great. I have two test pieces out in the sun. One with our old white spirit and one with a new batch. The new batch is fine so I am wondering if the stuff we had really is white spirit or something else. It smells a bit funny compared to the new stuff. I think it's going in the bin and we will stick with the new stuff for the upcoming table refurbishment. Thanks for the comments. Sail Safe David. Ant & Cid
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