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Re: Tools: Spray varnish
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/17/2011, 4:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Spray varnish (Nick Riccardi)

: Hi Bill, I'm interested in the roller method for varnish, but 2
: questions-does it put too much varnish on and what about air
: bubbles
: Nick R.

Hi Nick,

I use epoxy rollers, prefer West brand. They are very thin foam covers so don't hold a huge amount of varnish. You're more pushing the varnish around, like rolling epoxy, not like rolling paint. The roller only goes one direction, not back and forth like painting a wall, this minimizes the bubbles and tipping them off with a dry foam brush eliminates most of the rest. There will be some left, have to have faith in the varnish, they'll come out of the surface on their own. Helps to have a warm shop to do this.

I can though varnish the bottom one side at a time fast enough that I still have a wet edge on the second side, so you're not trying to work on both sides at once. 10-15 minutes total to varnish the bottom per coat.

Bill H.

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Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:09 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 12:59 am
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Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:49 pm
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Joe whitman -- 4/17/2011, 11:04 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/17/2011, 11:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:09 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/17/2011, 2:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:21 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 2:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 4:00 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2011, 12:14 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/19/2011, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/20/2011, 1:39 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/20/2011, 2:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 12:52 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/21/2011, 5:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:15 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 1:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 3:28 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 4/18/2011, 4:17 pm
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 4:45 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/18/2011, 6:05 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/18/2011, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:37 am
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Dave Houser -- 4/20/2011, 8:02 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/21/2011, 4:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:16 am