Two part varnishes - cabin floors?

[carrswood]

Afternoon all
I would like to re-varnish my nice teak and holly cabin floor with a tough / hard wearing Gloss varnish. But I don't know which product to choose. On other boats in the past (not floors however) I have generally used Epifanes single part varnish. Reading around i understand the International Goldspar is a very good varnish.

BUT for durability my chandlery has suggested I use a two part varnish like International Perfection.

Has anyone plugged for the two part option for their floors etc?
Many thanks

 

[rays]

Last season I used Epithanes. It was the semi-matt finish. It was easy to use. I put 4coats on and at the end of the season it looks good as new. Hope it will last for years, so far so good.

 

[xtiffer]

I have posted a reply on the same thread in Classic Yacht
so I won't bother repeating it here.
Cheers,
Chris

 

[PCUK]

I tried Goldspar and it was the worst short lived varnish I have ever used. I use Blakes Dura gloss one pack which lasts almost as long as two pack. I use Burgess wood sealer on my floors as it gives a reasonable non slip surface which looks good as a satin finish. Two coats should suffice.

 

[rudolph_hart]

Afternoon all
I would like to re-varnish my nice teak and holly cabin floor with a tough / hard wearing Gloss varnish. But I don't know which product to choose. On other boats in the past (not floors however) I have generally used Epifanes single part varnish. Reading around i understand the International Goldspar is a very good varnish.

BUT for durability my chandlery has suggested I use a two part varnish like International Perfection.

Has anyone plugged for the two part option for their floors etc?
Many thanks

Ronseal Floor Varnish is very tough, easier to apply and available in any DIY.

I refurbed my prvious boat's mahogany/holly cabin sole with it (4 coats) and it was still perfect 5 years later. I applied it again to the mahogany/holly sole of the current boat, on top of the factory-applied finish - still perfect after 6 years.

 

[Rafiki]

re-varnishing floor

Try website called decoratingdirect, they do a fantastic range of varnishes for heavy wear areas. I used one for gymanasium floors - fantastically hardwearing. Take all the floor home and do it in your garage or similiar.

Be very careful in sanding, the veneer is very thin.

Regards

 

[petehitch]

re varnishing cbin floors

I have used Rustins plastic floor covering. It sounds awful but is a 2 pack varnish that is really hard wearing. If you need to recoat just lightly sand by hand and reapply.

 

[Quandary]

Floor varnish

Keyline (aka Travis Perkins) sell an amazing Danish polyurethane based floor varish called 'Sterk' The tin says it is available in ' blanc' ie gloss 'halv blanc' or matte but I have only seen it in 3 litre tins of 'halv blanc' ie satin. Unfortunately there is no information in English on the tin, just Danish plus a bit in Dutch and German.
Easy to apply, very long lasting and wear resistant, very long shelf life and fantastic finish, not quite gloss, it has the unusual property of not darkening the wood at all, I can't remember the price but I first bought it because it seemed cheap. As well as wood floors I now use it for joinery and worktops. I dont know enough Danish to define the level of moisture resistance but my experience is that it is good.