From: Todd Schlemmer <toddsch@microsoft.com>
To: "'baidarka@lists.intelenet.net'" <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: RE: finish
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 07:15:51 -0800
Interlux (?) makes a sandable filler. I forget the #. It's probably too
late to apply it though...
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> Subject: finish
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>
> Hello,
>
> I am in the process of sealing my canvas. I started with 2 coats of wing
> dope (1 gallon). I didn't change the appearance whats-so-ever of the
> canvas, in fact you couldn't tell anything had been put on the canvas.
> Then I went and put on a high end varnish, 1 liter, which hardly covered
> the top of the kayak. Figuring that it was going to run into a pile of
> money with that expensive, "flexible" varnish, I switched to a Spar
> exterior grade Canadian tire type of varnish to at least fill in the
> weave.
> Five coats later, (and on to my second gallon) I still am not getting a
> "flat" glossy finish with this varnish.
> When varnishing wood, the grooves in the wood always remain. It never
> becomes completely flat throughout the surface of the project you are
> varnishing. So, I am wondering if there is a filler, that can be used in
> with the varnish to fill in the holes of the canvas weave?
>
> Thanks,
> Arlene
> bvq213@freenet.mb.ca
> CANADA