: I'm varnishing my two boats (guillemot S&G and Strip) and it's going pretty
: well with a bristle brush,however I'm going to try some with a foam brush
: as a comparison.

: I'd also like to try wiping with a shop towel.Any hints or tips??

Try this for wiping varnish. Put on latex throw a way gloves for a quick easy clean up and dip a Bounty (they don’t tear up) paper towel into your varnish. Put your varnish in a seperate container you are going to dip into so you don’t contaminate your can of varnish. Wipe the varnish on like you are polishing a car. It goes on very thin but you don’t get many runs. Lightly wet sand with 220 grit after each varnish coat for a good bond and to knock off any dust bumps. Don’t worry that it may look a little dull with these wipe coats. Put the last and final coat on with a foam brush carefully, with lots of light and plenty of looking for runs and tip off runs and bubbles with you brush. This last coat is the only one you have to pay much attention to. I pick this up from the different ways the guys on the board varnish and put them together into something that worked for me. Kind of like varnishing for dummies.

John