g4 sealer
g4 sealer
I am stripping deck on new peggie for Jan race in London.
I am going to use g4 for the 1st time and need some advice
I gather I need clear?
How much for 3 coats??
I have found some at £13.95 a kilo, any cheaper anywhere?
Thanks in advance
I am going to use g4 for the 1st time and need some advice
I gather I need clear?
How much for 3 coats??
I have found some at £13.95 a kilo, any cheaper anywhere?
Thanks in advance
Two Peggies 199,100,
Flying fifteen 1855,
Flying fifteen 204 (now in the barn)
Sunbird
Flying fifteen 1855,
Flying fifteen 204 (now in the barn)
Sunbird
If you don't fancy clear then try the black bitumous stuff they sell for ponds! couldn't be worse than green and red paint!!!!
14 quid sounds about the best price I found, except I did buy one tin that was old stock and found it was already solid - he did replace it for me though.
When you apply it apply thinly but don't expect it to brush out like varnish. It does like to be brushed out and it really doesn't like any dust residue to get the wood VERY clean first. If you try a roller it will disolve sponge rollers quiete quickly. I developed a technique of a quick application by roller followed by very swift brushing;laying out. But in the end settled with a brush. Choose a brushh a little stiffer than you might choose for real varnish.
h and don't think you can leave a brush in water overnight - it will be solid within an hour. Leave the brush in Olive oil or cooking oil. if you want.
14 quid sounds about the best price I found, except I did buy one tin that was old stock and found it was already solid - he did replace it for me though.
When you apply it apply thinly but don't expect it to brush out like varnish. It does like to be brushed out and it really doesn't like any dust residue to get the wood VERY clean first. If you try a roller it will disolve sponge rollers quiete quickly. I developed a technique of a quick application by roller followed by very swift brushing;laying out. But in the end settled with a brush. Choose a brushh a little stiffer than you might choose for real varnish.
h and don't think you can leave a brush in water overnight - it will be solid within an hour. Leave the brush in Olive oil or cooking oil. if you want.
Same experience here. Once in a blue moon Lidl sell paint thinners in 1L tins. I have no idea what it is but my goodness it dissolves anything on a brush even when solid. Good for G4 too. It seems very volatile so brushes cleaned and rinsed dry pretty fast. Very quiet here tonight - must have been Shearwter AGM!!??
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Keith,
Not sure where it's going BUT..... there was also a time when rumour had it that if you left Fairey Liquid out in the sun, in a shallow tray, yuo soon ended up with a horrible sticky mess. If this was then rubbed onto the bottom of the boat the ploymers released added to the speed... or so the story went.
Well, always one for a good thing (a bit like putting silicon spray on teh sliding seat....) I did the bottom of the Contender, then sailed at Locks SC, in breeze, and found that after a capsize getting back onto the upturned hull was impossible......
D
Not sure where it's going BUT..... there was also a time when rumour had it that if you left Fairey Liquid out in the sun, in a shallow tray, yuo soon ended up with a horrible sticky mess. If this was then rubbed onto the bottom of the boat the ploymers released added to the speed... or so the story went.
Well, always one for a good thing (a bit like putting silicon spray on teh sliding seat....) I did the bottom of the Contender, then sailed at Locks SC, in breeze, and found that after a capsize getting back onto the upturned hull was impossible......
D
David H