On Mar 6, 8:03 am, Charlie Morgan wrote:

Then again, real varnish
doesn't do much to protect the wood at all, which is why you have to scrape and
sand it off every time you want to refresh things. That's pretty hard on the
teak, which weathers under the varnish and then gets sanded!

CWM

Based on the above, you have never used varnish. Or at the very least
have no idea how to use it correctly.