Waterlox sounds interesting, I'll have to try it.
robo hippy















George wrote:
"robo hippy" wrote in message
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I have never used Waterlox, or any other type of surface finish
like
spray lacquers. It seems like most of them will crack, chip and
peel
off eventually. Then to repair, you have to strip and refinish. I
do
use Deftoil, with urethane resins for some of my 'art' pieces which
is
the same finish I use on my furniture pieces. Easier to repair. I
have
heard that it is ok for utility pieces, but the public seems to
prefer
the walnut and mineral oil finishes.
robo hippy


You can sort of fool folks if you use a couple coats of thinned
varnish -
Waterlox being one. I use thinned Minwax polyurethane, two coats,
which
gives pretty good rejection, and dull any areas of the surface where
I might
have dense enough grain to get some surface sheen. Would not
recommend it
for popcorn bowls, though, as you can still get some blistering
effect from
the Old Maids.

If you're in California, where more substances are know to cause
cancer, you
might get queasy about the aromatic hydrocarbons, and if a heavy
metal
phobic, there's cobalt siccatives....