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Mystery of the vanishing brightwork gloss
All I can figure out is that Teak Oil and Varnish don't mix- even when
they aren't mixed! I'm building up additional coats of Epifanes Woodfinish Gloss and Epifanes Varnish prior to getting underway for our long summer cruise next week. The strangest thing happened. I put a coat of Woodfinish Gloss on the cap rail, and a coat of Varnish on the quarterboards, stack shoe, and rails on the main cabin top. I was up to about 5 coats of Woodfinish Gloss and 4 coats of varnish, and each had dried with a nice, shiny gloss. I am also building up the teak oil on the new swimstep. After I finished the Woodfinish Gloss and the Varnish, I laid a heavy coat of teak oil (primarily mineral spirits) on the swim step. All seemed well, and I went home for the day. Upon returning the next day, I noticed that all the varnish and the woodfinish gloss had dried very flat and lifeless. No gloss at all to either. I was really puzzled, as this has never happened before. The only variable was putting the teak oil on the swim step at the end of the day..... I finally surmised that the vapors from the teak oil must have formed a "cloud" around the boat and prevented the varnish from drying with a gloss, but that's pretty weird. Something like this every happen to anybody else? |
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