Varishing people covering Southampton area

[neilandshiv]

At the risk of getting lots of replies saying "do it you self you lazy ..." can anyone recommend someone to do interior varnish work in the Southampton area.

We have removed and varnished everything possible but as we live to far away from the boat to do day trips to her and therefore have to live aboard in the yard while working on her varnishing the rest of the interior is difficult to say the least.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
cheers
neil

 

[alan_d]

I have been waiting for someone else to point out that covering the Southampton area with varnish would be prohibitively expensive, even for a single coat ....

 

[Orion Jim]

I have been waiting for someone else to point out that covering the Southampton area with varnish would be prohibitively expensive, even for a single coat ....

Hilarious!

 

[Cloven]

At the risk of getting lots of replies saying "do it you self you lazy ..." can anyone recommend someone to do interior varnish work in the Southampton area.

We have removed and varnished everything possible but as we live to far away from the boat to do day trips to her and therefore have to live aboard in the yard while working on her varnishing the rest of the interior is difficult to say the least.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
cheers
neil

Why live aboard when working on the boat in the yard? You are obviously prepared to do the work yourself and there are cheap hotels like Travelodge in Southampton to stay overnight. Can't be any more expensive than paying someone to do it.

 

[macd]

I have been waiting for someone else to point out that covering the Southampton area with varnish would be prohibitively expensive, even for a single coat ....

Don't be silly. It's clearly Southampton people he wants to varnish. Very labour-intensive since it takes ages to persuade them all to sit still.
Which ward are you in? I'll be along later :ambivalence:

 

[Cloven]

Maybe its a typo for VANISHING people in Southamton. So, have people gone missing in large numbers or are all Southampton based people at risk!! Glad I live in the wild and wooly north.

 

[prv]

Maybe its a typo for VANISHING people in Southamton.

That's what I read it as at first.

Then when I realised it said varnishing, I thought "I used to do a lot of varnishing when I had a gaff rig with lots of wooden spars, but I still only covered myself and a corner of my patio, not the whole of the Southampton area"

(Can't help with a pro varnisher, but at least the silliness is keeping the thread visible for you )

Pete

 

[neilandshiv]

Now I know why I so rarely use this forum.
I would certainly like to make a few people vanish (yes not varnish) from these forums
neil

 

[ghostlymoron]

There's usually some odd jobbers at a marina. Check out the small ads on the notice board.

 

[macd]

Now I know why I so rarely use this forum.
I would certainly like to make a few people vanish (yes not varnish) from these forums
neil

If someone could have helpfully answered the question posed, they surely would have. In the meantime, they invented a harmless punch-line for which you were the inadvertent straight man. If that peeves you, get a better proof-reader.

 

[chrishscorp]

It will take more than Varnish to improve Southampton lol

 

[PhillM]

Any painter or decorator could do it.

Most yards have a few lads who odd-job for owners, most of these would be capable.

you don't say where you are, but if you want a really professional job, use Elephant or Bucklers Hard. There are also a few yards in Chichester but to be honest, just about any of the marine companies in your yard could help.

 

[Sticky Stuff]

Try Ade Murrey in the tent in Saxon Wharf ! One of the best painters and varnishers by far.
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