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varnish not drying
By:Rick Dery
Date: 8/12/2000, 4:32 pm

Hi all, as a long time lurker and sometimes poster, I finally need a solution to a varnish problem. Building, and just about done, a Stillwater Canoe, applied a 1/8 Bocote' deck fore and aft, after applying 2 coats of resin, I applied spar varnish to the deck and gunwales. After drying in the basement for 3-4 days the varnish was still tacky in places, not on the oak gunwales but the deck only. Drying time on the epoxy was a couple of weeks, so I don't think that was the problem. I scraped the soft varnish, rubbed out the scraped area with lacquer thinner and sanded the rest. Re-varnished and still tacky in those same areas. Help? I am hoping to take the canoe to the Saginaw Wooden Boat symposium next weekend. Thanks in advance Rick Dery

Messages In This Thread

varnish not drying
Rick Dery -- 8/12/2000, 4:32 pm
Re: Blush!
Mike Hanks -- 8/13/2000, 10:59 am
Re: Blush!
Tig and Tink -- 8/13/2000, 10:42 pm
Re: varnish not drying
Jerry Siegel -- 8/12/2000, 8:57 pm
Re: varnish not drying
Rick Dery -- 8/12/2000, 11:11 pm