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Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
By:Mike Spence
Date: 7/9/1998, 11:49 am
In Response To: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood (Chris Boucher)

I'll save readers the trouble of asking, because they'll still probably want to know: what "quality" marine varnish did you use?

Mike Spence

> I have 5 coats of Interlux spar varnish on my deck and I just
> noticed that areas that are either covered by the hatch cover webbing
> and the area overlapped by the hatch covers are a slightly lighter
> color than the surrounding wood. Yes, the varnish is quality marine
> varnish and was advertised to have UV filters. The boat is just completed,
> has maybe 30 hours in the sun. Is this something that I should have
> expected? If so, just how much discoloring should I expect? I would
> have expected none, but...

Messages In This Thread

Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/9/1998, 10:11 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Nick Schade -- 7/9/1998, 4:30 pm
Sun-tanned kayaks
Mike Spence -- 7/11/1998, 6:52 pm
Re: Sun-tanned kayaks
Paul Jacobson -- 7/11/1998, 7:44 pm
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Mike Spence -- 7/9/1998, 11:49 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/9/1998, 11:54 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Jerry Weinraub -- 7/10/1998, 6:37 am
Re: Varnish, sunlight, and the color of the wood
Chris Boucher -- 7/10/1998, 12:00 am