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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:24 am 
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About to finish the caprails ( easier to do without superstructure in place) and wondering what the consensus is on my two options. I will be sealing and staining the meranti first ( done) and was wondering whether to epoxy then varnish...assuming the epoxy would make it more durable,or just lay the varnish to them? Opinions please.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:11 pm 
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if it was me id go ahead and put a couple coats of epoxy on before the varnish


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:13 pm 
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I'm with Red. I would put on a couple of coats of epoxy first.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:40 am 
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If you will be lax on maintenance like me :oops: ,it may be better to not epoxy first,just use varnish. :wink:

If you keep up your varnish coats the epoxy will be fine,however,if you neglect to re-coat when needed,or let nicks and scuffs go un-noticed and treated, the epoxy will get cloudy and you'll have to strip it off.

I'm sure it's easier to strip varnish than epoxy.

I screwed up on my last build, so this boat (the skiff) I just used varnish as I've not changed my habits!!! :oops: :roll: :wink:

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:53 am 
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If you are building a boat to use or more than on holiday weekends the entire year too, forget about the epoxy buildup. I consider building up with epoxy like those evenings when I use to visit a bar and see one of the prettiest wimmin sitting lonely at the end of the bar at midnight and invited her for one last drink at the apartment. When the pretty had some time to wear off I had to deal with getting her back to her car in the daylight especially without anyone else seeing her with me. That was a tough job.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:04 am 
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Good comparison Oyster!!!LOL....Coyote ugly!!! :shock: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:01 pm 
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Upspirate; You have hit one of my concerns right on the head. I was afraid that a knock on the epoxy that did do some damage would be almost impossible to repair. That's why I was leaning to varnish only. On my saiboat it waws just a matter of sanding and touching up...no big deal. It was even done on the water in the Abacos.
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Upspirate; You have hit one of my concerns right on the head. I was afraid that a knock on the epoxy that did do some damage would be almost impossible to repair. That's why I was leaning to varnish only. On my saiboat it waws just a matter of sanding and touching up...no big deal. It was even done on the water in the Abacos.
Doug



Exactly,this can be answered correctly either way, just have to determine pros& cons,usage, and personal habits

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