Paint, the "traditional finish" (was Re: [TheForge] finish help)

[Roy Wilson]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:29:25 -0500, iforgeiron@netscape.net wrote:

>get rid of the gray. It ended up costing $10,000.00. The bottom line is that UV and the elements brake down the Varnish, paint will last longer. If you want to see the natural colour of the wood or in the blacksmithing world, the steel, you will have at least yearly maintance if not twice a year. I can not speak for powder coatings they may have clear coats that last longer. If there is a coating that will last forever please let me know and I will be the guy with the boat.

	"Varnish" covers a lot of different compounds.  I assume
since it was a boat, you were using Marine Spar Varnish?  Some of
the plastics work better, even over teak, but they don't have that
same golden shine you get from Spar.  But they do last quite a bit
longer exposed to the elements.  And the "new" epoxy based stuff is
next to indestructable.



Roy Wilson
General Operations Director
Wilson Eclectics