PCF-
I share your doubts about some of Ms. Wittman's methods.

I'm eagerly awaiting your book. Seriously.

Jim

"P.C. Ford" wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:51:30 -0600, "Keith"
wrote:

Get Rebecca Witman's (Whitman?) book on refinishing teak.

A bit of a warning:

Though one can do a good job using Whitman's book, some of the
suggestions are, ummmm, not generally accepted professional finishing
practice.

Two items of note. She suggests using foam brushes. Foam brushes put
on a very skimpy coat and they have no "feel." A foam brush will apply
about 2/3 of a bristle brush. A high quality, yes-expensive, brush is
much better. Also, she advocates using the black foam rollers. These
actually put too much material. Better to use the yellow Tiz brand
rollers.

Also, techniques and practices are always evolving. She seems to be
several years behind the times. Maybe she is no longer doing boats,
but just writing about it. (?)

One thing that is kind of funny. The pictures in her book are not
necessarily her projects. In fact, one is a boat I did.

Amateurs love her book; maybe the reason is her florid writing style.
There is nothing howlingly wrong. It's just the some of her techniques
are not used by the majority of professional finishers. There are
better ways of doing things.