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Re: Strip: Varnish help
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/8/2011, 12:54 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Varnish help (Todd Olson)

: It's all good. The last epoxy work was done 6 weeks ago. It's been
: curing while I built two SOF's. Antoher day did wonders for the
: varnish and it dried nicely. I gave it a light sanding and then
: another coat of varnish. Speaking of varnish.........

: I LOVE VARNISH..................AND I HATE VARNISH...........
: I love how it really pop's and brings out all the nice wood, but on
: the other hand, it will sure magnify your "OOPSIES"
: too. I've got a fair number of light colored glue lines along
: seams on one side of the hull. Man; I thought I had those all
: gone for sure:). Oh well; I guess that's what "first"
: strip built boats are for. You live and you learn. Overall, I'm
: very pleased. It's not the quality of many boats seen in the
: specatular photo's on here, but all in all, I'm happy with it.
: I'm certain that the next one will be that much better!

Generally there is so much to learn on the first one that it's rarely perfect, the second will definately be better, much less to learn so more time can be spent on getting the fit right :)

Btw, no such thing as perfect, you can only get close :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Varnish help
Todd Olson -- 5/6/2011, 6:36 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Glen Smith -- 5/6/2011, 7:05 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Todd Olson -- 5/6/2011, 10:28 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/7/2011, 3:30 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2011, 8:57 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/7/2011, 5:44 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Todd Olson -- 5/7/2011, 9:56 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2011, 12:54 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/8/2011, 3:57 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2011, 7:00 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
JohnK -- 5/6/2011, 7:08 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Todd Olson -- 5/6/2011, 10:37 pm
Re: Strip: Varnish help
JohnK -- 5/7/2011, 2:23 am
Re: Strip: Varnish help
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/7/2011, 9:04 am