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Re: Strip: Varnish *LINK*
By:skiffrace
Date: 5/12/2009, 2:16 pm
Date: 5/12/2009, 2:16 pm
In Response To: Strip: Varnish (Dave Hawkins)
: I'm almost done building my Guillemot and I have to wait for the epoxy to
: fully cure so that I can varnish it. Is it okay to go ahead and try
: without the varnish?
: Thanks
Varnish has 2 jobs: protect epoxy from degrading UV rays and make the boat pretty. As long as you don't expose varnish-less epoxy to the sun for weeks or months you should be perfectly able to use it for some time.
Check out the epoxy sun exposure test Vaclav posted on his One Ocean Kayak website
Messages In This Thread
- Strip: Varnish
Dave Hawkins -- 5/12/2009, 10:06 am- Yes, but consider polyurathane *LINK*
John Caldeira -- 5/12/2009, 7:03 pm- Re: Yes, but consider polyurathane
skiffrace -- 5/12/2009, 8:33 pm- Re: Yes, but consider polyurathane
bueller -- 5/12/2009, 7:33 pm - Re: Yes, but consider polyurathane
- Re: Strip: Varnish *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 5/12/2009, 5:52 pm- Re: Strip: Varnish *LINK*
skiffrace -- 5/12/2009, 2:16 pm - Re: Yes, but consider polyurathane
- Yes, but consider polyurathane *LINK*
