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Re: Tools: Spray varnish
By:Nick Riccardi
Date: 4/17/2011, 5:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Spray varnish (Bill Hamm)

: Hi Nick,

: I use epoxy rollers, prefer West brand. They are very thin foam
: covers so don't hold a huge amount of varnish. You're more
: pushing the varnish around, like rolling epoxy, not like rolling
: paint. The roller only goes one direction, not back and forth
: like painting a wall, this minimizes the bubbles and tipping
: them off with a dry foam brush eliminates most of the rest.
: There will be some left, have to have faith in the varnish,
: they'll come out of the surface on their own. Helps to have a
: warm shop to do this.

: I can though varnish the bottom one side at a time fast enough that
: I still have a wet edge on the second side, so you're not trying
: to work on both sides at once. 10-15 minutes total to varnish
: the bottom per coat.

: Bill H.

Hi Bill, Thanks for the info I'm defenately getting those rollers. This may be off topic but I would like to run something by you
and get your vibes in it. Last year I made my first kayak and had a devil of a time getting the tape to bed on the inside shear
when I put top to bottom. This year I made a jig,its a small roller frame with 5 fender washers ans 5 small nut spaced between
the washers the nuts are loose and the end of the axle I drilled a small hole for a cotter pin. hope this works to get the glass down
Nick R.

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Tools: Spray varnish
Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 12:59 am
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Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:49 pm
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Joe whitman -- 4/17/2011, 11:04 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/17/2011, 11:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:09 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/17/2011, 2:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:21 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 2:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 4:00 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2011, 12:14 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/19/2011, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/20/2011, 1:39 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/20/2011, 2:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 12:52 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/21/2011, 5:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:15 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 1:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 3:28 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 4/18/2011, 4:17 pm
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 4:45 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/18/2011, 6:05 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/18/2011, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:37 am
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Dave Houser -- 4/20/2011, 8:02 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/21/2011, 4:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:16 am