"Ron Magen" wrote in message
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DO NOT use 'Spar' Varnish.

If it is indeed a 'SPAR Varnish' it will NEVER get 'hard'; it isn't
supposed
to. On a beautiful, warm Summer day, you could literally 'glue your ass'
onto the seat.


Thanks for the note but... I have used a Spar varnish for an out door bench
swing that set out in direct sunlight in Houston TX... So it did get quite
hot but not sticky. On a side note though, I did put on thin coats and
oddly the flying wasps ate the finish off the wood.... Go figure. I then
painted the darn thing.