On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:16:24 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Mawdeeb quickly quoth:

Larry Jaques wrote:

Jim, how does this Pelucid product differ from other polyurinestains?
Oops, I meant "polyurethanes." At $42 a QUART...


Chemically, I don't have a clue. I use it on replacement wood on boat
jobs. The backs of furniture and decking. Most expoxies will stick to
the wood but breaks down over time due to flexing from thermal and
physical vibration. This product soaks in nicely on wood because it is
slightly heavyier than water.



I pre-drill any holes before the first
coat and I apply a second just to be sure I didn't miss a spot or edge.

So you pre-drill before you pre-coat the pre-sanded surfaces?
(I wonder, who came up with that term, "pre-drill", anyway?)


The hard part is waiting for the full cure. Everybody is in a hurry and
boat owners are the worst. You tell them 10 days and they are bust my
chops by the 4th.

I get the same thing with concrete and woodwork finishes. You can
spend twenty hours prepping but if you try to hurry a finish, it'll
screw things up horribly and you'll have to spend even more time
letting it cure before fixing it. then there's the open-air time to
let it breathe out all the solvents so it doesn't reek in the house
(or in your case, boat.)


Most of the jobs I do are covered by the 8 ounce can and a little goes a
long way. Down side is once you open the can your commited time wise.
The stuff does not last on the shelf well. Only order what you need. It
will hold a month or two tops after opening. And I wouldn't plan on
keeping an un-opened can for more than six months.

Ah, I was going to ask that question. I guy gallons of Waterlox and
have to put an inert gas on top (Bloxygen or propane, whatever's handy
at the time. I haven't tried argon from the TIG setup yet.) to keep it
from skinning or jelling on me. I wonder if your opened-can shelf life
would be extended, too, from following that procedure.

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