Hi Bert

I didn't sand out all the bright spots before varnishing .and the finish is not good. I'm now redoing it. I will sand as well as I can then squeegy on a thin layer(s) of epoxy , sand again then varnish.
Two things I now use -- ROS and a squeegy..

Hope this helps . Regards Terry

: 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