Seal/Fill/Prime/Basecoat/Paint/Scratchcoat/Topcoat Follies

[blondterror]

I too have switched to sealing hardwoods (maple for darters) with devco 2 ton thinned with a few drops of acetone... cures O/N and sands very nice... I seal the thru wire surface area using a thru wire painted with the epoxy and push it back a forth several times

[Eric Roach]

Originally Posted by blondterror

I too have switched to sealing hardwoods (maple for darters) with devco 2 ton thinned with a few drops of acetone... cures O/N and sands very nice... I seal the thru wire surface area using a thru wire painted with the epoxy and push it back a forth several times

Hi BT,

Do you find that you need to do much filling after sanding your seal-coat, or is the surface pretty smooth?

I know maple turns better than cherry -- I have to do a fair amount of prep work in terms of filling/priming/ to get the cherry's blemishes covered.

[numbskull]

What problems did you have with thinned varnish?

[Eric Roach]

Originally Posted by numbskull

What problems did you have with thinned varnish?

Swelling and top-coat splitting; this was with a 60% Helmsman / 40% naptha mix. Had that happen twice before switching to epoxy. Might not have soaked it long enough (~4 hours).
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[blondterror]

Originally Posted by Eric Roach

Hi BT,

Do you find that you need to do much filling after sanding your seal-coat, or is the surface pretty smooth?

I know maple turns better than cherry -- I have to do a fair amount of prep work in terms of filling/priming/ to get the cherry's blemishes covered.

I sand the devco epoxy seal coat with 220 grit and it comes out very smooth... no filling required...I have not have any problems other than sourcing the larger size of the Devco 2 ton 30 min product. I have been using the small tubes or the small parallel syringe version.. I need a larger 50ml syringe version that I only see available on-line