s.e.charles
Senior Member
nice job
wood clear
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john greco
Senior Member
I’ve used them all ,EPIFANES IN MY OPINION is the best
DISASTER! 2/1/2 WEEKS WASTED, + $150 for a quart of each.
Got the, Pettit EZ WOOD SEALER Clear Penetrating Sealer #2018
Pettit FLAGSHIP HIGH BUILD VARNISH #2015
$20 high-quality edging paint brush
Followed Pettit's written instructions exactly!
Sand the wood with 220, then wipe with a tack rag, apply a "heavy" coat of the #2018 sealer.
Wait 24 hours, sand the sealer with 220-grit sandpaper, wipe with a tack rag and apply one coat of Flagship #2015. I am instructed to wait 24 hours, sand the Flagship with 220 wipe with another tack rag, then apply the 2nd coat. Didn't make it that far!
Everything looked TERRIFIC, until around the 20 hour mark. The ENTIRE 3-piece wood tack strip lifted and wrinkled!!!
That must mean the varnish wasn't compatible with the sealer! Even though the instructions stated it was to be used with each other!
Took some lacquer thinner and stripped all that crud off. Let the wood sit in the sun for a day to totally evaporate.
Took a DA with 220 grit and sanded the wood again. Wiped off with a tack rag. Skipped the sealer coat and went directly with a coat of #2015 varnish. 24 hours later, 1st varnish coat looked GREAT! Hand sanded with the 220 and wiped with another tack rag, applied the 2nd coat of varnish. 24 hours later the 2nd coat looked GREAT! Hand sanded the 2nd coat with 220 and wiped with a tack rag. Applied the 3rd coat. 20 hours later, I noticed a slight roughness (?) partially along the bottom sharp edges.
At the 24 hour mark sanded the 3rd coat, removing the slight roughness. About 10 hours there were 1/8'-1/4" dia sploches of wrinkles. Spent that day sanding the wrinkled places smooth. Then sanded the smoothed 3rd coat with 400, wiped that then appied the 4th coat of varnish
24 hous later all looked GOOD except for that slight roughness along the bottom sharp edges. Sanded that with 400 and applied the 5th coat. 24 hours later, sanded the 5th coat with 400, wiped, and applied the 6th coat. 24 hours later there were wrinkle spots here and there all over the wood strips!
48 hours and there are almost as many wrinkles now as happened after the 1st coat of vanrish was applied over the sealer!
I wrote to Pettit last week and no reply, yet.
Every day now there are more wrinkles appearing. Like those "monsters" on the '50's Si-Fi movies.
They (Pettit) HAD to have sent me a bad batch of sealer and varnish! I'm waiting for Pettit's reply! Then strip again, and apply something else. Ridiculous, to spend almost a month trying to varnish a 3-piece top bottom tack strip!
Have any of you guys EVER have any problems with that Pettit Flagship!?
Got the, Pettit EZ WOOD SEALER Clear Penetrating Sealer #2018
Pettit FLAGSHIP HIGH BUILD VARNISH #2015
$20 high-quality edging paint brush
Followed Pettit's written instructions exactly!
Sand the wood with 220, then wipe with a tack rag, apply a "heavy" coat of the #2018 sealer.
Wait 24 hours, sand the sealer with 220-grit sandpaper, wipe with a tack rag and apply one coat of Flagship #2015. I am instructed to wait 24 hours, sand the Flagship with 220 wipe with another tack rag, then apply the 2nd coat. Didn't make it that far!
Everything looked TERRIFIC, until around the 20 hour mark. The ENTIRE 3-piece wood tack strip lifted and wrinkled!!!
That must mean the varnish wasn't compatible with the sealer! Even though the instructions stated it was to be used with each other!
Took some lacquer thinner and stripped all that crud off. Let the wood sit in the sun for a day to totally evaporate.
Took a DA with 220 grit and sanded the wood again. Wiped off with a tack rag. Skipped the sealer coat and went directly with a coat of #2015 varnish. 24 hours later, 1st varnish coat looked GREAT! Hand sanded with the 220 and wiped with another tack rag, applied the 2nd coat of varnish. 24 hours later the 2nd coat looked GREAT! Hand sanded the 2nd coat with 220 and wiped with a tack rag. Applied the 3rd coat. 20 hours later, I noticed a slight roughness (?) partially along the bottom sharp edges.
At the 24 hour mark sanded the 3rd coat, removing the slight roughness. About 10 hours there were 1/8'-1/4" dia sploches of wrinkles. Spent that day sanding the wrinkled places smooth. Then sanded the smoothed 3rd coat with 400, wiped that then appied the 4th coat of varnish
24 hous later all looked GOOD except for that slight roughness along the bottom sharp edges. Sanded that with 400 and applied the 5th coat. 24 hours later, sanded the 5th coat with 400, wiped, and applied the 6th coat. 24 hours later there were wrinkle spots here and there all over the wood strips!
48 hours and there are almost as many wrinkles now as happened after the 1st coat of vanrish was applied over the sealer!
I wrote to Pettit last week and no reply, yet.
Every day now there are more wrinkles appearing. Like those "monsters" on the '50's Si-Fi movies.
They (Pettit) HAD to have sent me a bad batch of sealer and varnish! I'm waiting for Pettit's reply! Then strip again, and apply something else. Ridiculous, to spend almost a month trying to varnish a 3-piece top bottom tack strip!
Have any of you guys EVER have any problems with that Pettit Flagship!?
Mr. Genius! How are you surviving this "heat"?
I'm having a terrible time of it. Oh well. My "heat sickness" I keep experiencing (39 year old brain is being told not what to do by a 78 year old body) is nothing compared to all these floods in NC and TX! Even here in WV, the towns below, above me, and both panhandles have been flooded hard! Geeze!
Have you RECENTLY purchased and applied any of that "Man O War" Spar Varnish?
I am being told that most of those highly recommended Spar Varnishes have now been required by the EPA to change their formulas! Because of the restrictions, those varnishes are now at the bottom of the "quality control" ladder, and are no longer like they used to be!
Good Lord, one now has to be a Chemist just to paint a 2X4! Not to mention, something of high quality that requires several steps.
rockfla
Well-known member
I had a antique wooden boat restorer here in town that I have known for years tell me his process of applying SPAR varnish on his boar restorations. He would start out by applying 3-5 coats of varnish at fairly close to full strength, thinned just enough to flow out fairly smooth. light sand in between coats. Next he would thin by 25% and apply another 3-5 coats. Sand enough to flatten each coat. THEN thin that mix another 25% and repeat. Final time, thin another 25% and apply five coats sanding after each coat. Good quality bristle brush