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S&G: Sanding before varnish
By:Bert
Date: 2/5/2002, 4:58 pm

I'm at the point where I'm sanding the deck in preparation for varnish but the last two coats of epoxy went on with a mottled orange peel texture.The instructions advise sanding till all epoxy is cloudy with no bright spots or low spots left unsanded which makes sense but I have hundreds of bright spots showing after a fair bit of sanding.I know the answer is keep sanding till they are gone which I will do but I'm sure no matter how much more work I do there will be a few bright spots left.My question is what is the downside to varnishing over these bright spots
1:Will they show after varnishing(I doubt it)
2: Will there be poor adhesion to these unsanded low spots.
3:Or will the low spots continue as low spots in the varnish which will gradually disappear or fill in after 6 or 7 coats of varnish?
I'm sure some of you have been through this at least once so your insights would be gratefully appreciated.
Bert

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Sanding before varnish
Bert -- 2/5/2002, 4:58 pm
Re: S&G: Sanding before varnish
Bobby Curtis -- 2/6/2002, 9:53 am
Re: S&G: Sanding before varnish
Terry Hanson -- 2/5/2002, 11:03 pm
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Dick Lemke -- 2/5/2002, 9:03 pm
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Bert -- 2/6/2002, 8:17 am
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