T-Cutting Varnish?

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David_Jersey

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Whenever I put a coat of varnish on it always seems to attract minute bits of dust - not a lot - but stuff yer can feel with finger tips......

I was thinking T-cut may be the answer to just take off a nano sliver of varnish.....

.......but before I try his I just wondered if anyone had "Been there done that" /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif...

.....my concerns are that it also would flatten off the shine (like using wet and dry) or more importantly that the chemicals left behind (even after cleaning) would prevent a new coat of varnish being applied - especially if it does not work....(otherwise I would have given it a go by now!).

BTW it is interior varnish work I am talking about - outside me not so fussy!

I suspect the simple answer is take more care when varnishing and do so somewhere 110% dust free, but.......
 
If it's two pack varnish then yes T-Cut or any compound. If it's ordinary varnish then no. It will discolour it and may even rub through.
On my interior varnish I use very fine wire wool and beeswax which takes off the dust and gives a nice furniture type shine. Don't know how it would work outside though!
 
Ordinary Varnish.

Discolour? B#gger!

Fine wire wool and beeswax? I am guessing that is not a brillo pad.........

I was mulling over whether to give it a coat of wax (once done I figure ok for 10 years, with the odd clean and polish)
 
Its always a problem no matter how dust free you work. I use a fine rubbing compound (T cut) on the brightwork outside and them polish with a good wax. Outside you wont see any marks.

Oopps! I should learn to read........ interior is much more difficult and that is why most furniture these days gets a spray finish if you do use T cut use a very soft rag and then polish/wax afterwards.

Tom
 
A French polisher once showed me how he got a good shine with no dust particles on a finished varnish job.

He used 4x0 (0000) wire wool and ordinary wax polish. He would make little circles rubbing with the wire wool dabbed with the wax polish, over the whole surface. Then polish with a soft cloth.

This is OK if you want a shine, but no good if you want a satin finish.

I did this with our re-varnished cabin table, and it came up better than when only varnished. It also repels water, and didn't discolour.
 
Just splashed out on some 0000 wire wool.......and some wax....and some new Tack Rags /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Already got some nice paintbrushes........and am going to use the Kitchen as my Workshop /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Tommorow is D-Day!

Wire Wool day Monday or Tuesday.

Will try the back of the sandpaper trick 1st.....Wire wool 2nd.
 
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