Exterior Varnish

[jfkal]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Has anyone come up with a TRUE UV resistant varnish? Am using International but the stuff is always gone after not more than three month. Any alternatives?

 

[Plum]

Look at the posting and the string of replies earlier in this Forum on the subject of Sikkens:-

http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/new/foru...r=164444&page=1&view=expanded&sb=5&o=14&part=

 

[Chris_Robb]

I have varnished teak, which people always say is the most difficult.

I put the first coat on 4 years ago, with a minimum of 7 that first year, then 2 coats a year since, the lustre keeps improoving all the time. I always thin by about 10% which makes it easier to apply.

I suspect that you are not putting enough coats on initially. anthying less than 4 is just a waste of time.

I use either blakes or International, which ever is available.

 

[ccscott49]

Try Coelans, german product, expensive, but brilliant stuff, I use it on teak and iroko on my boat in Portugal and the med, two years and not a mark on it. The blurb says it will last eight years in med weather from what I've seen already I can believe it.

 

[jfkal]

I tried to find info on that product but the web yielded nothing. Do you have more info i.e. manufacturers name, where to buy??

THX

 

[boatone]

Re: Coelan

Saw this stuff at the SBS - looks very good and can even be used for coating rubber/plastic etc as flexible.
They do have a website at http://www.coelan.de/ but it wont tell you anything!!!!
Product is sold in UK by KJ Howells in Poole
www.k.j.howells.dial.pipex.com






boatone@boatsonthethames.co.uk

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem on my wooden mast and boom. A few seasons ago I applied a product called Deks Oilje (sp???) It is a two pack product.

It has been fantastic. The application was a bit tedious but the results and wear have been great.

Cheers

 

[Guest]

I've used Le Tonkinois (see PBO 419) for some years now and found it to be excellent in all respects - and if you have to revarnish small areas you can hardly see the repair.

The french navy have used it for years. It can be a little more demanding to apply - it's got no anti-bubble or anti-skin additives like many modern varnishes.

And for the sake of good order it must be said that my ex-wife is the importer here in Denmark, but believe me, it's great stuff - and yes, it does stay on teak and brings out the colour very nicely.

Lost in Denmark - a yachtsmans paradise!

 

[ccscott49]

Re: Coelan

Aqua Marine are, I believe the importers for UK, and they have all the blurb etc.