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From: dkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Varnishing
Message-ID: <259@zaphod.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 26-May-85 20:41:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: zaphod.259
Posted: Sun May 26 20:41:49 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 27-May-85 04:17:30 EDT
References: <2081@topaz.ARPA>
Reply-To: dkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz)
Organization: Develcon Electronics, Saskatoon, SK
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Summary: 

In article <2081@topaz.ARPA> josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall) writes:
> ....
>Does anyone have favorite methods for preventing bubbles in
>varnish?
> ...


One age old method to reduce bubbles is to always varnish with the grain
and in one direction.  At the end of the stroke, lift the brush, go back
to a position beside where the previous stroke started, and apply next
brush stroke.  Presumably, this reduces the flexing of the bristles, and hence
the chance to pick up bubbles.  It works!!!.

One finding of mine is that the "bubble free" synthetic foam brushes
don't work as advertised (at least they didn't for me!!!).

D.K.