Bill Ranson
Senior Member
Anyone had any experience with Alexseal products?
I`d have thought good sanding prep should fix that.Once you've used a wax on your boat, you have forever doomed yourself to bird's eyes in any varnish you apply...
Did an experiment 2 years back. Stripped to bare wood my badly weathered handrails, caprails, and other teak exterior trim. Used Epifanes on my port handrail and caprail. On the starboard side I used a good quality clear gloss varnish (with UV protection) purchased at Lowe's for less than half the price. Nine coats on each side using foam brushes. Results? Last spring after a year and a half in the brutal southern sun I could tell no difference whatever in the two sides. Both held up very well and looked sparkling. This past summer as a precaution I did a light sanding of everything with 200 grit paper and added 3 additional coats of the cheap stuff. My plan is to stay on top of it with annual recoatings. I did NOT follow the manufacturer's recommendations (wait 24-hours between coats); rather, I "hot coated," in other words added the follow-up coat as soon as the previous coat was dry enough not to come off when touched, but "sticky" feeling to the touch. Was able to get 3, sometimes 4 coats done in a day of good weather. For what it's worth amigos!
Yea Fred it's 7am and we finally got some snow. About an inch but it's still coming down. Probably just stay home today. Or breakout the old Suburban 4WD and go to the bakery for coffee. It needs to go ... haven't driven it for two months.
So you've already forgotten about the polar vortex?
What's the temp and humidity in July Fred? I know you run away then.
So I quickly skimmed through these posts and want to know if people are simply sanding off the old finish or are using furniture stripper followed by a quick sand. I've got to do my hand and cap rails this year. Missed doing it last year, boat being new to me and all and all the other projects. I bought a gallon of stripping product (unopened) last year and it says not to use it on fiberglass, so I assume I've got to be careful with it around the boat. Thoughts?
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Here is three coats of Epifanes clear on my door panels .This is new teak . First coat thinned 50% next two coats thinned 25% I hope to get 8 coats on before getting burned out but don't think I will make it . I've heard the magic is the 13th coat . I know that ain't happening .Can't rush it . Has to dry 24 hrs in decent climate and sand between coats . I'm using TDS (teak decking systems) caulk in the grooves and all joints .