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Re: varnish question
By:peter czerpak
Date: 4/30/2001, 11:27 am
In Response To: varnish question (Larry C.)

: I spent all day cleaning my shop so I can finally start varnishing my
: Guillemot ES. On an earlier kayak, I used masking tape at the sheer when I
: varnished the hull so I did not get varnish on the deck till It's turn. I
: repeated this process with every coat on hull as well as deck. My question
: is: How do you guys handle the varnish transition from hull to deck? Is
: there an easier way than my sheer taping method?

: TIA,
: Larry C.

I left the tape in the area, so I didn't have to remove it and replace it every time which is a big pain.

however, you do have to scrap the tape/builtup varnish then however which is a pain too after you get your 3 plus coats down.....

don't know which is better???

pete czerpak
albany, NY

Messages In This Thread

varnish question
Larry C. -- 4/28/2001, 6:47 pm
Re: varnish question
peter czerpak -- 4/30/2001, 11:27 am
Re: varnish question
Julie Kanarr -- 4/29/2001, 10:59 pm