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Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
By:Joe
Date: 1/22/2003, 2:09 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish (Rick Allnutt)

Hi Rick,

I am a little too serious so I miss the good word play of my friends more often than not. Thanks for answering, I had no idea that finding a good exterior varnish was an issue (I live in L. A., lots of varnish, few lakes and rivers, ha, ha).

Joe

: Nah, I'm not trying to be obtuse, though having fun with words is not beyond
: my desires...

: To be plain, I went to Loeh's, Target, Sherwin-Williams, Home-depot, Walmart,
: Sears, and Meijhers. All of them had Helmsman Spar polyurethane. (Well,
: Sears had the Varithane equivalent) None had outdoor varnish, much less
: one with good UV blockers. Being Dayton, Ohio, there are not a lot of boat
: building hardware stores about... So I could have paid to have a quart of
: Capt Jack? Capt Black? (sorry don't remember now) mailed for about twice
: the cost of the PU... I asked about the the PU here on this board - it
: seemed to hold up on other's boats. It has on mine too.

: Sorry if my answer was too cute... I just wanted to mention the idea of
: availability as a reason some might choose Spar PU.

: Rick

Messages In This Thread

Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Joe -- 1/21/2003, 1:05 pm
Polyurethane IS Varnish
Brian Nystrom -- 1/22/2003, 12:32 pm
Re: Polyurethane IS Varnish
Joe -- 1/22/2003, 9:37 pm
some semantic differences here
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/23/2003, 12:06 am
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/21/2003, 10:04 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane-Cheap & Fast *Pic*
John Monroe -- 1/24/2003, 5:10 am
Re: Material: Polyurethane-Cheap & Fast
Myrl Tanton -- 1/27/2003, 11:11 am
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Joe -- 1/22/2003, 2:34 am
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Larry C. -- 1/21/2003, 9:04 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Joe -- 1/21/2003, 9:11 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Rick Allnutt -- 1/21/2003, 9:02 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Joe -- 1/21/2003, 9:10 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Rick Allnutt -- 1/21/2003, 9:33 pm
Re: Material: Polyurethane instead of Varnish
Joe -- 1/22/2003, 2:09 am
Re: NO TAKERS ?? *NM*
Joe -- 1/21/2003, 8:37 pm