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Re: Interlux not much help
By:Rob Macks
Date: 4/15/2002, 3:21 pm
In Response To: Interlux not much help (Doug)

: I called Interlux (they make West Marines varnish) and was told that it would
: be a problem - maybe. They told me how to remove it (Inter-Strip or
: sanding) but were really vague otherwise "it may or may not be a
: problem"

: I think I'll wait a couple of days and do a bit of scraping on it to see if
: it feels right. I hate to remove it unless I really need to. Of course, I
: could just keep right on coating and worry about it IF it fails.

It would take you a half hour with steel wool and alcohol to remove it and be done.

I know. Maybe it will this or that. You'll waste a lot more mental energy leaving it then
just fixing it now.

Now, if you let it be and add more varnish over and have problems, you will have added
a lot more work time that will be wasted.

I've been there. Just trying to save you some headaches.

all the best,
Rob

Messages In This Thread

Material: Varnish boo boo(?)
doug -- 4/13/2002, 1:12 pm
Interlux not much help
Doug -- 4/15/2002, 2:34 pm
Re: Interlux not much help
Rob Macks -- 4/15/2002, 3:21 pm
Re: Material: Varnish boo boo(?)
Rob Macks -- 4/15/2002, 8:56 am
Re: Material: Varnish boo boo(?)
bake -- 4/13/2002, 8:15 pm
Re: Material: Varnish boo boo(?) Maybe not
doug -- 4/13/2002, 9:37 pm
Re: Material: Varnish boo boo(?) Maybe not
bake -- 4/13/2002, 11:12 pm