Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:00:54 -0400
From: Bill Leonhardt <leonhardt@bnldag.ags.bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Spar Varnish On Canvas
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
At 11:59 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Strosaker@aol.com wrote:
>I have been experimenting on strips of #10 canvas duck with a variety of
>finishes, and I would like to thank those who helped by providing me with
>information. By far the best finish I found so far was with spar varnish.
>The first coat was two parts spar, two parts linseed oil and one part
>turpentine. Then following coats were with straight spar. It is very
strong,
>dries quickly, is very flexible and is translucent. It's not leveling out as
>fast as I want, and right now I am trying follow up coats of spar with 10%
>linseed oil to see if it speeds up the leveling.
>
Would you be willing to write up a small tech. report covering all the
finishes you tried and the results?
Bill Leonhardt