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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. |