> I was having a lot of trouble finding the varnishes that you all speak of
> here so I picked up some Minwax spar varnish. I claims it has good UV and
> water protection. Question: did I waste my money? Will this work on a
> boat? I'm thinking that it will be a shorter period of time before i have
> to re-varnish but that's ok. I live in AZ so the sun will be beating the
> heck out of it anyway and I'm not sure that any varnish will be great in
> these conditions. Will was on top of the varnish give me more protection?
> Also: how do you know if you have UV damage to the epoxy? Does it do
> obvious things like peal and flake or are the symptoms invisible? Thanks
> in advance for any help given. Paul Woolson

Paul, I had the same trouble locating varnish and got the same product at the local home depot. It goes on very easily and you won't have to worry about pearling or flaking since it comes off when exposed to water for a couple of hours. I put a coat on my yak and after an afternoon in salt water the bottom looked like it was shedding. Scared the hell out of me until I realized it was just the varnish. Bob