A couple of you gave me some advice on McFadden gel finish. Would you be so
kind as to repeat the advice?

Thanks

Deb

"Dr. Deb" wrote in message
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A couple of you gave me some advice on McFadden gel finish. Would you be
so
kind as to repeat the advice?

Thanks

Deb

I think it was only me. ;~)

Wipe it on with an old t-shirt or white cotton rag, wipe it off with an old
cotton rag.

Basically wipe the gel on in a about a square foot area and then
"immediately" wipe it off with the clean rag. Then immediately move on to
the adjacent area and repeat. If you wait too long to wipe off the excess
the removal rag will begin to drag and stick. IMHO you cannot remove the
excess too quickly. In the event that you do leave the varnish on too long
before removing the excess simply reapply more varnish in that spot and wipe
off.
Practice on small pieces of wood, 1x4's are great for practice.
Typically you will need to apply double the normal amount of coats that you
usually put down but after the first coat this process goes quickly. You
"do not" need to sand between coats and dust is not a concern as the surface
is dry to the touch in 5-10 minutes, depending on temp and humidity.
Typically you can reapply a new coat in 4 to 6 hours. Your build you finish
surface by applying several thin coats.

Once the rag that you use for wiping down the excess becomes sticky and a
bit saturated with the excess varnish replace it as it will begin to cause
drag and stick problems. Often you can use that old wiping rag for applying
the successive coats of varnish. My wiping rags are usually about 1.5-2
square feet in size and the application rag is about 1/3 that size. With
practice you will learn to put the right amount of varnish down so that your
wiping rag will normally last for the whole single coat application.

Leon wrote:


"Dr. Deb" wrote in message
...

A couple of you gave me some advice on McFadden gel finish. Would you be
so
kind as to repeat the advice?

Thanks

Deb

I think it was only me. ;~)

It was, I was fortunate enough to find it on another computer that had not
updated the UseGroup. But thanks again.

We nearly finished the humidor yesterday and will put the finishing touches
on it Sunday afternoon, late. It is looking pretty good and of course the
Spanish Cedar smells wonderful. I will try to get him to snap a couple of
pictures of it before he FexEx's it to Iraq.

Thanks Again.

Deb



Wipe it on with an old t-shirt or white cotton rag, wipe it off with an
old cotton rag.

Basically wipe the gel on in a about a square foot area and then
"immediately" wipe it off with the clean rag. Then immediately move on to
the adjacent area and repeat. If you wait too long to wipe off the excess
the removal rag will begin to drag and stick. IMHO you cannot remove the
excess too quickly. In the event that you do leave the varnish on too
long before removing the excess simply reapply more varnish in that spot
and wipe off.
Practice on small pieces of wood, 1x4's are great for practice.
Typically you will need to apply double the normal amount of coats that
you
usually put down but after the first coat this process goes quickly. You
"do not" need to sand between coats and dust is not a concern as the
surface is dry to the touch in 5-10 minutes, depending on temp and
humidity.
Typically you can reapply a new coat in 4 to 6 hours. Your build you
finish surface by applying several thin coats.

Once the rag that you use for wiping down the excess becomes sticky and a
bit saturated with the excess varnish replace it as it will begin to cause
drag and stick problems. Often you can use that old wiping rag for
applying
the successive coats of varnish. My wiping rags are usually about 1.5-2
square feet in size and the application rag is about 1/3 that size. With
practice you will learn to put the right amount of varnish down so that
your wiping rag will normally last for the whole single coat application.