: You've put all this work in, go the last mile.

: I always tell people, strip building is like a marathon, you have
: to save some juice for the finish.

: Roll on TWO thin coats of epoxy. It will look like the boat's
: varnished. You will bury the glass you hit
: and the boat will look better when varnished.

: But then go paddle it for a while without varnish. A month will
: harden it up, you'll scratch it a bit.

: Then you can sand with 120 then 220 and varnish and it will look
: great.

: I don't care what anyone says, more then 220 (A GOOD JOB removing
: the 120 scratches) is waste of time.

: Spar varnish was made to flow on a surface sanded to 220 and create
: a perfect gloss.

: All the best,
: Rob

Agree with Rob, as usual. Also sanding finer than 220 doesn't give much of a "tooth" for the varnish to bond to. It's a mechanical bond between unlike surfaces, if it's overly smooth then there's not much bonding going on.

Bill H.