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Re: You don't need a gal.
By:Mike Savage
Date: 2/1/2011, 3:05 pm
In Response To: You don't need a gal. (Jay Babina)

: 3 coats will use less than a half a quart. You're better off with
: quart cans or smaller because the air in the can is what will
: make it solidify and get darker over time.

Hi Jay,
An old 'trick' with tins of varnish or paint is to put clean marbles into the tin as you empty it, that keeps the air space at a minimum and the paint/varnish fresher.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

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Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2011, 12:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/1/2011, 12:47 am
You don't need a gal.
Jay Babina -- 2/1/2011, 10:02 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/1/2011, 3:05 pm
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 2/1/2011, 8:04 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/2/2011, 5:17 am
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Jay Babina -- 2/2/2011, 10:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 2:41 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/2/2011, 4:54 pm
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Jay Babina -- 2/3/2011, 7:22 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/3/2011, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 1:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 1:12 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/3/2011, 1:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 3:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/2/2011, 2:01 am