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I have five coats of varnish on my Skerry. It looks pretty good, but there is a little more texture from the brush strokes than I'm willing to live with. As an experiment, I wet sanded one side of the rudder blade to 4000 grit after the last varnish coat had cured in a hot garage for a week or 10 days. It is now amazingly smooth (I would say glass smooth) with a pretty crisp mirror reflection. It lacks that "wet" look of unsanded high gloss varnish, however. I feel like a final rub down with some sort of wax or buffing compound would give it a great look, but I'm not sure what product would be appropriate.
I think a "piano finish" would be sort of silly on a boat, but it is fun to learn how they do that. I'm looking for advice on what product and technique I can use to finish this out and what grit should I sand to before using that product.
The last time I posted on this subject, no one responded so please jump in there!
Thanks
Hooper Williams - Brevard, NC
3 replies:
RE: Varnish Finishing
Thanks J. How long ago was that? How has it held up? Have you been able to do touch-ups or additional varnish coats since then?
I'm a little nervous about using a product designed for car paint on boat varnish, but maybe that is perfect.
Thanks again,
Hooper
RE: Varnish Finishing
» Submitted by JCole - Wed, 8/16/17 » 12:50 PM
Hooper,on my kayak I used a product from Griots Garage called Complete Compound, it came out baby butt smooth and a nice shine. I've heard somewhere that Mequiars has a polish or rubbing compound #7 thats supposed to work as well. Good luck