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Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
By:Chris Boucher
Date: 7/9/1998, 10:11 am

I have 5 coats of Interlux spar varnish on my deck and I just noticed that areas that are either covered by the hatch cover webbing and the area overlapped by the hatch covers are a slightly lighter color than the surrounding wood. Yes, the varnish is quality marine varnish and was advertised to have UV filters. The boat is just completed, has maybe 30 hours in the sun. Is this something that I should have expected? If so, just how much discoloring should I expect? I would have expected none, but...

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Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/9/1998, 10:11 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Nick Schade -- 7/9/1998, 4:30 pm
Sun-tanned kayaks
Mike Spence -- 7/11/1998, 6:52 pm
Re: Sun-tanned kayaks
Paul Jacobson -- 7/11/1998, 7:44 pm
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Mike Spence -- 7/9/1998, 11:49 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/9/1998, 11:54 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Jerry Weinraub -- 7/10/1998, 6:37 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/10/1998, 12:00 am