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Dugie wrote:
Is it best to use an exterior grade finish, or is an interior grade
fine?

Greetings,

Of course most any product would do. If you want the best protection
use an exterior oil based polyurethane. Just make sure you have some
ventilation.

Hope this helps,
William

It does help, thanks. I'll have lots of ventilation, the fumes would be
bad.

So for the best, you would use exterior grade, and also an oil based
polyurethane.
To clarify: Why not Urethane? and why oil, rather than water, based?
Not trying to be fussy. Would like to understand. :-)

Dugie

With the high gloss finish urethane/polyurethane, after about two coats,
it'll look good - after three, like a polished piece of glass.

It will take many (6 or more from my own experience) to get a decent finish
with the water based stuff. The low odour and easy clean up is nice but it
tends to soak into the wood without doing much.

Gord