spar varnish is harder to keep, because it cures by exposure to oxygen. To keep it around you need canned inert gas like Bloxygen to blow over the top. But it is flexible. It's what they coat bamboo fly rods with, and think about how a bamboo fly rod flexes. It's like an oil, very low viscosity, and the first 4 or so coats are absorbed by the cork. You want a couple of bright coats over the absorbed layers. If you squeeze the cork, it doesn't separate - it's not a hard shell, it becomes a very viscous oil.
Coated cork will become slick if you're wearing soggy leather gloves. On Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 8:17:11 AM UTC-5, René wrote: > > Wow, I'd never heard of it. Can you explain a bit more why it's better and > what the flexibility you describe means? > > René > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 5:31 AM Jon Dukeman,central Colorado < > row.n.2...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I agree with RonMc.. >> Spar varnish is better than shellac on cork. This is clear,gloss, 5 >> coats, I didn't sand in between coats.Available in semigloss and amber. >> Jon >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 5:25:44 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: >> >>> Varnish is better for cork grips - it's flexible and will never >>> exfoliate - 6-7 thin coats >>> >>> >>> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/f0608392-d452-4b36-97b7-22a1e805d5c3.jpg> >>> >>> Shellac is for twine wraps - 2 coats >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
