Idiot’s Guide to Varnishing

Varnishing is easy, honest, but I have to admit it took me quite a few years to work out how to do it….easily….and in that time I have got it wrong so many times. These days, people seem impressed with my varnish but I havn’t got any more skilled, I have just learnt how to do it, not acquired any skill, so I thought I would put together a sort of ‘Idiot’s Guide to varnishing’ with all the gen on how to do it……

So then there will be no excuse for not having perfect varnish:

• Applying Varnish
  getting it out the can….and onto the wood? OK so you have prepared your wood or varnish and now you want to get down… Read more: Applying Varnish
• G4
  G4 is a one part moisture cured polyurethane very similar to varnish. It comes in different viscosities determined by the application. G4 is sold… Read more: G4
• Getting The Old Varnish Off
  O.K. whether it’s paint of varnish, there comes a point where it is just got to come off. If it is varnish, at least… Read more: Getting The Old Varnish Off
• Materials for Varnishing?
  Boats have been varnished in one way or another for hundreds of years and yet despite all that time and practice, it appears that… Read more: Materials for Varnishing?
• Non Slip Surfaces
  One really nice way of getting a non-slip finish…..
• Polishing Varnish
  OK, it looks good, but I want perfection Why not Polish it? Mmmmm, not so easy, but you can polish some varnishes……but only once… Read more: Polishing Varnish
• Staining
  now, are we going to stain? Generally, I would say you often don’t have too….and please don’t, unless you really have too. Believe me,… Read more: Staining
• Why do We Varnish?
  Well it’s not as silly a question as you might think at first, we do it of course because we are proud of the… Read more: Why do We Varnish?

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