I know a lot of people are fans of West System Epoxy - but it always clouds for me whereas System Three always stays clear. However, I still use varnish cuz the folks at System Three say it's necessary and they seem to know.

> Starting this spring I have been building some Greenland paddles.
> After I coat them with epoxy, I use the remaining epoxy and coat my
> garden tool handles. They have been baking in the summer sun every
> day and there's no clouding.

> I have never seen this clouding that I hear about and worry about
> when I try out a new un-varnished boat. Has anyone experienced this?
> I've been using Raka epoxy (this time). Maby this whole clouding issue
> is a big myth. I have never experienced it. I use epoxy alone on the
> Greenland paddles and the epoxy never clouds and some of them are
> three years old.