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by Lawnjockey » Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:15 pm
On boats we used Z-Spar Captain's Varnish. Sand with the grain
with 220 or 240 between coats. Vacum and then wipe with a tack rag. Brush on another coat going with the grain always. Always poor into a throw away container what you need for each coat, this keep the crap out of the can. As stated above, you need to redo it often, like every 3 months if it is out in the sun. If you catch it in time it will only take a light sanding and then more coats. If you let it go you will need to scrape it down to wood and start over. If you just have a small patch the is bad you can sometimes get away just spotting it. To do that sand with a small starting with 120 and then 220. You don't want to sand a divit. The trick is to sand it so you don't have any yellowish area where air has gotten under the varnish. Once done varnish just that spot. sand and repeat several times until it is built up like the rest of the surface. Then do a few coats on the whole surface sanding between.
A nice trick with varnished surfaces is to wipe the morning dew off with a shammy. This gets rid of the spots that you get from dust getting wet and it polishes the varnish.
Varnish is a big comittment. On the plus side there is a lot less initial prep than for a quality paint job.
Have fun
Jocko
with 220 or 240 between coats. Vacum and then wipe with a tack rag. Brush on another coat going with the grain always. Always poor into a throw away container what you need for each coat, this keep the crap out of the can. As stated above, you need to redo it often, like every 3 months if it is out in the sun. If you catch it in time it will only take a light sanding and then more coats. If you let it go you will need to scrape it down to wood and start over. If you just have a small patch the is bad you can sometimes get away just spotting it. To do that sand with a small starting with 120 and then 220. You don't want to sand a divit. The trick is to sand it so you don't have any yellowish area where air has gotten under the varnish. Once done varnish just that spot. sand and repeat several times until it is built up like the rest of the surface. Then do a few coats on the whole surface sanding between.
A nice trick with varnished surfaces is to wipe the morning dew off with a shammy. This gets rid of the spots that you get from dust getting wet and it polishes the varnish.
Varnish is a big comittment. On the plus side there is a lot less initial prep than for a quality paint job.
Have fun
Jocko
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