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Water-based varnish: yuck
Just did a job with some water-based Varathane, not because I wanted to
use it, but because my client demanded it. As soon as I saw what the can of stuff was, I said "I hate it", but I went ahead and used it. Now I remember why I hate the stuff. It's milky-white; that's an unnatural color, in my book, for something that's supposed to form a clear film. It's awful to work with: dries too fast, difficult to brush on smoothly, so thin it drips off your brush, just makes a mess. So my question is, is anyone out there doing quality work with this stuff? I guess I'm old-school in this regard; give me good old oil-based (or solvent-based) varnish any day. Just refinished a desk of mine with oil varnish and it looks bee-yoo-tiful. Finish lays down flat as a midwestern road. -- In order to embark on a new course, the only one that will solve the problem: negotiations and peace with the Palestinians, the Lebanese, the Syrians. And: with Hamas and Hizbullah. Because it's only with enemies that one makes peace. - Uri Avnery, Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. (http://counterpunch.org/avnery08032006.html) |
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