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Hi All,
If you were refinishing a canoe and needed to remove the varnish what would be the best way? How much of the old varnish would you need to remove? I have been sanding for what feels like decades to get the varnish off and not through the epoxy under it. In spots I am down to epoxy but there are still patches of varnish. Would it be ok to reapply new varnish over those patches and would they disappear?
Thanks!
2 replies:
RE: Varnish Removal
You can revarnish over existing varnish, it is done all of the time when we put multiple layers of varnish on a boat. You do want old varnish to be scuffed up for adhesion and not peeling off.
RE: Varnish Removal
» Submitted by nickmerc - Sun, 2/21/16 » 11:09 PM
On teak I have used heat to soften and then scrap the varnish off. I am not sure how it will effect the epoxy. I would think the heat, if too much is used, will also weaken/soften the epoxy.
There are probably others on this forum who can answer this.