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Re: Which Comes First: the hatches or the varnish?
By:Tom Jablonski
Date: 7/23/2001, 1:32 pm

Cut the hatches and then varnish. Cutting the hatches and installation would definately scratch your finish, plus you'll have to seal the edges of the hatch cut out and varnish it later making more work. My thoughts for what they are worth.

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Which Comes First: the hatches or the varnish?
Jim Owens -- 7/23/2001, 12:17 pm
varnish is last -- very last thing you put on. *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson@aol.com -- 7/23/2001, 7:02 pm
Re: Which Comes First: the hatches or the varnish?
Chris Menard -- 7/23/2001, 1:58 pm
Re: Which Comes First
Doug K -- 7/23/2001, 2:37 pm
Re: Which Comes First: the hatches or the varnish?
Tom Jablonski -- 7/23/2001, 1:32 pm