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Re: VOCs
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/31/2010, 12:57 am
In Response To: VOCs (Paul G. Jacobson)

: Thanks for the update. I didn't realize that New York had gone as
: far as California on this.

: Curiously, when I just checked the Clark-Craft website I see they
: are selling solvent-based polyurethanes from their shop in
: upstate New York. I wonder if these are reformulated to be low
: VOC versions. They sell the thinner too----and that must be 100%
: VOCs.

: I also found another product there which I want to try. It is a
: 2-part epoxy wood primer to be applied under their polyurethane
: varnishes. On a test frame, I've seen much better results with
: varnish over an epoxy base rather than varnish over bare wood.

: PGJ

Hi Paul,

Need to thin the first and sometimes the second coats of varnish on bare wood. Faster if you use a marine sealer.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
John lasky -- 7/28/2010, 3:10 pm
SOF skin material
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/29/2010, 6:26 am
Re: SOF skin material
Ken Blanton -- 7/29/2010, 5:09 pm
VOCs
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/30/2010, 10:56 am
Re: VOCs
Bill Hamm -- 7/31/2010, 12:57 am
Re: VOCs
Ken Blanton -- 7/30/2010, 5:58 pm
Re: VOCs
John lasky -- 7/30/2010, 3:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Bill Hamm -- 7/29/2010, 2:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Peter B -- 7/28/2010, 9:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Eric -- 7/28/2010, 7:57 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Mike Bielski -- 7/28/2010, 5:38 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Clayton Plunkett -- 7/28/2010, 4:11 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: preffered skin material
Kudzu -- 7/28/2010, 3:55 pm
You CAN sew polyester (Dacron)
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 7:48 am
You misunderstood
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 8:40 am
Not exactly
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 12:01 pm
Re: Not exactly
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 1:08 pm
Re: Not exactly
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/30/2010, 8:18 am
Re: Not exactly *PIC*
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 1:58 pm
And...
Kudzu -- 7/29/2010, 1:10 pm
Re: Not exactly
Mike Bielski -- 7/29/2010, 12:41 pm
Re: Not exactly
Brian Nystrom -- 7/29/2010, 1:00 pm