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Fighting chair - varnish vs. oil

Posted By: Vic Roy
Date: Sunday, 9 January 2005, at 8:59 p.m.

Well, I've stripped all the varnish off the Release Marine fighting chair and ladder back. Now it's time to refinish. Was going to just do the usual, put 25 coats of varnish back on it. On the other hand, all the teak in AJ's cockpit is just oiled. The cabin door, the rear window frames, the cockpit trim. Why do I want to put varnish on this beautiful teak so I can strip it off a couple of years from now? Soooooo, I'm leaning towards just sanding it out to 400, cleaning it deep with Nu-Teak, and oiling it with Amazon. Sure, it will last a year or so before I have to clean and oil it again, but that's a 2 hour job vs. a two-week job at best to varnish it. Varnish sucks.

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Fighting chair - varnish vs. oil
Vic Roy -- Sunday, 9 January 2005, at 8:59 p.m.

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Harv -- Sunday, 9 January 2005, at 10:03 p.m.

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Ed Curry -- Sunday, 9 January 2005, at 10:43 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 10:05 a.m.

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Vic Roy -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 11:13 a.m.

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andre fourrier-Louisiana -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 11:17 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 3:08 p.m.

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neil -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 4:18 p.m.

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Garry Jordan -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 4:41 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 6:56 p.m.

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andre fourrier-Louisiana -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 8:35 p.m.

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Gary Gibson -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 10:01 p.m.

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Harv -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 9:57 p.m.

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Vic Roy -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 10:27 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 10:46 a.m.