: I once had a conversation with a person from Wind Song Canoes.

: http://www.woodsongcanoes.com/wood_song_contents.htm

: The boats looked like they were dipped in a vat of plastic. Fantastic
: workmanship and unbelievable varnish jogs. The owner told me that they
: apply varnish out in the sun with a spray gun and coat after coat with no
: sanding until they get a thick build up. Bugs in it whatever. Then they
: sand that and give it the one last coat inside.

: BTW: my favorite so far is Epiphanes. Polyurethanes are synthetic and harder
: than regular varnish. It was invented for floors. Varnish is supposedly
: made from natural ingredients like pine tree stuff etc. Regular varnish is
: more flexible and better on boats where the finish is applied right on
: bare wood where there is shrinkage and expansion. Hence the name
: "Spar Varnish". Polys are fine on glass or epoxy coated surfaces
: but either is fine for what we build.

Btw, the last big varnish job I had was a rebuild of a 1954 (I think) Shepherd 27' mahogany runabout. Used 12 cases of varnish on that one, 6 quarts per case. Yes, that's a lot of varnish

Bill H.