Larry wrote in
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The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
I would not recommend spar varnish. Everywhere I've used it or seen
it used, it turned yellow and peeled off within months.

I don't even really know what a 'spar' is, but I guess when you're
floating around in the ocean you pass the time by stripping and
revarnishing it.


-rev




On Apr 23, 7:54 pm, Don Wiss wrote:
I have a door from my kitchen to the deck. It had been an ordinary
wood with a clear finish. It opened outwards. When it rained I would
leave the door open. For years the finish was fine. Then I upgraded
to a mahogany door. Whatever finish the fellow put on blistered on
the outside in a year. And I haven't left this door open in the rain
at all.

So what is the most lasting finish? Thinking like a boater I would
think that spar varnish would be good. But that was years ago. So
what should I use?

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).



I didn't see the original post, but if you want to coat exterior
lumber, my recommendation is "Sikkens". It's a two part affair, and
subsequent coats use only part 2 which is essentially a UV protector.
It is not cheap, but for most homes, labor costs exceed product costs
and you benefit by going longer between re-coats. I used it here over
clear California cedar.



DO NOT USE SIKKINS!!! It is pure ****. Unless it's recoated every couple
of years it peels.

Expensive as hell. Expensive top quality paint is half the price and
lasts many years.

The reason it's a 2 coat process is because it is ****. When it first
came out there was no UV coat. Seeing as it peeled they came up with a UV
coat. Imagine that. Make a product that costs 2x and because it's ****
they sell you another product fo fix their **** up. Sikkins is a joke.

I personally stripped a large house that had that crap on it. Began
peeling in a few years. Recoated it. In a few yrs peeling again. Rep came
out and says UV is doing that and we have a UV topcoat now. Actually
tried to convince me to buy it. Told him to pack it.

Stripped my house, primed and painted with top quality paint. What a
chore. But I wasn't doing it every 3 years afterwards.

Another neighbor took his siding off and reversed it rough side out his
was peeling so bad.

Builder who originally put it on my house (and other houses of the era)
now refuses to put it on any house he builds. Does not want houses that
look like **** from the curb attached to his name.