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Material: Varnish all surfaces or only exposed ones?
By:pikabike
Date: 11/18/2003, 11:56 pm

At a minimum, I plan to varnish the exterior plus the cockpit area. Is it good to also varnish areas that get less exposure? I suppose opened hatches would let UV degrade unvarnished storage areas. But how much exposure is the threshold for damage? And what about the underside of the deck?

Messages In This Thread

Material: Varnish all surfaces or only exposed ones?
pikabike -- 11/18/2003, 11:56 pm
Re: Material: Varnish all surfaces or only exposed
Mike and Rikki -- 11/22/2003, 3:34 pm
Re: Material: Varnish all surfaces or only exposed
Mike Scarborough -- 11/19/2003, 8:48 am