I use nail varnish (on the flies only ) thinned down with acetone. Because the acetone is volatile, the varnish thickens up over time (especially if you forget to screw the lid back on quickly). This meams every couple of months I add a few more drops of acetone..
(Yeah and you get funny looks from the shop assisten when you ask for the varnish... don't bother trying to explain it just makes it worse :-) >From: Alan Di Somma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [VFB] varnish >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:01:31 -0800 (PST) > >Dean: > >I haven't thinned down the Loon head cement. It is quite thin already. >I am probably going back to lacquer since it soaks in faster and dries >faster. > >Alan Di Somma >phxflytyer >Phoenix,Az. >http://members.home.net/azflycasters/index.html > > >--- "Dean A. Endress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ALAN, > > Try smaller applications & thin it down some more...that > >should do it....My $0.02 worth... > > DEAN... > > > >--- Alan Di Somma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For years I have used "Brushing Lacquer" thinned down and > >> squeezed from one of those little plastic bottles with the > >> long tube. A needle with a big plastic ball is at the top to > >> retard the drying. > >> Recently I have tried the Loon's water based head cement and > >> really like it a lot. The only thing I do not like about it is > >> that it doesn't dry fast enough and it doesn't seep into the > >> thread windings fast enough. I have to use the rotary function > >> on my Renzetti to keep it soaking in and not dripping or > >> running. Yuck!!! > >> > >> Alan Di Somma > >> phxflytyer > >> Phoenix,Az. > >> http://members.home.net/azflycasters/index.html > >> > >> > >> --- "James Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >I am not familiar with varnish. when the fly calls for > >> varnish, what are > >> >they asking for? will spar varnish work? > >> >Thanks, > >> >James > >> > > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >> >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > >> > >> >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Get a FREE [EMAIL PROTECTED] email from---> > >http://www.floattuber.com > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > >your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > >or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > >_____________________________________________________________ >Get a FREE [EMAIL PROTECTED] email from---> http://www.floattuber.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
