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Re: Varnishing the Seats
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 6:41 pm
by rjent
algale wrote:Progress continues to be slow. Since last posting, I drilled the seats for the cane, epoxied them and now am applying "spar urethane" which has a UV protector that the epoxy needs. It really pops the color of the Sapele.
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One thing, I've got to get some of that spar urethane down into all those 1/4 inch holes to seal the wood and protect it from rot.
Anyone got an idea?
Tape the bottom and fill the hole(s) then pull the tape ....
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 7:30 pm
by algale
Ok, the suggestions have been tabulated and I have formulated a plan.
1. I will tape the bottoms of the holes.
2. I will use a syringe type thing to fill all the holes along one side.
3. When I get to the end of a side, rather than pull the tape, I will use the syringe to suck the holes dry and transfer the urethane to the holes on the next side.
4. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I figure that will be less wasteful, less messy and should give adequate time for the urethane to soak in/penetrate/cling to the sides of the holes.
Thanks all for the suggestions.
Slowly Yours,
Al
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 10:54 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
Brilliant! Your inner engineer, long repressed, is insidiously infiltrating your brain ...
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:02 pm
by JPG
BuckeyeDennis wrote:Brilliant! Your inner engineer, long repressed, is insidiously infiltrating your brain ...
You noticed also?
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 10:30 am
by algale
Well, there goes another beautiful theory slayed by an ugly fact!
The excellent: The syringe worked perfectly for filling the holes with urethane. I used the type you can get in the pharmacy for giving infants/children medicine. It has a short, blunt plastic snout. Good for sucking urethane out of the can and positioning and putting in a precise amount in the hole.
The good: The painter's tape was about 90-95% efficient at keeping urethane in the holes. I was able to fill the holes no problem but I got a bit of seepage.
The bad: The syringe was inefficient at removing urethane because it had a short snout and couldn't reach the bottom of the holes.
The good: After switching to a rubber infant's nasal aspirator bulb with a longer snout, I was able to get about 60-75%% of the urethane out of the holes.
The bad: The nasal aspirator couldn't be used to put the recycled urethane back in the next set of holes because it tended to "burp" air and make a complete mess.
Summation: In the end, the urethane didn't get recycled from one set of holes to the next and I still made a bit of a mess when the tape was pulled, but the syringe and tape ultimately got the job done!
Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions.
Al
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 6:08 pm
by rjent
Oh Sh*t, you did it like I suggested
I knew I should have made a disclaimer!
It's not my fault
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 6:14 pm
by algale
rjent wrote:Oh Sh*t, you did it like I suggested
I knew I should have made a disclaimer!
It's not my fault
Quite the contrary, it worked out just fine. Thanks!
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 6:18 pm
by rjent
algale wrote:rjent wrote:Oh Sh*t, you did it like I suggested
I knew I should have made a disclaimer!
It's not my fault
Quite the contrary, it worked out just fine. Thanks!
Just screwing around with ya (nothing else to do
) Glad it worked for you!!
Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 8:28 pm
by JPG
Your syringe was not big enough.
This is what I had in mind!
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Re: A Slow Boat To Nowhere
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 10:08 pm
by algale
JPG wrote:Your syringe was not big enough.
This is what I had in mind!
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That might have been too big. Is the tip 1/4" diameter or less?