Varnishing Interior - sealer?

Tim Good

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For those experience wood workers, would it be beneficial to use cellulose sealer prior to putting down satin Epifanes on my cabin sole which is solid teak?

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Have you looked at Le Tonk? Just sanded my 35 year old boards then applied two coats. I use it for everything and unlike some modern varnish does not evaporate in a season. For some reason they don't like the marine environment.
 
Another vote for le Tonkinois. You have to get the boards back to bare wood, but it doesn't flake like varnish if it gets damaged - just rub it down and add a few coats. I did the stairs in my last home and it survived a hoard of teenagers for years.
 
Cellulose Sanding Sealer is relatively soft and is intended to fill very minor indentations or raised grain. The surface has to be sanded smooth before applying a top coat. It is not intended on hard wearing surfaces like a floor.

I use Le Tonkinoise for all my external varnish, but for the floor I use an acrylic hard wearing floor varnish intended for a sports hall floor.
 
Concerto said:
Cellulose Sanding Sealer is relatively soft and is intended to fill very minor indentations or raised grain. The surface has to be sanded smooth before applying a top coat. It is not intended on hard wearing surfaces like a floor.

I use Le Tonkinoise for all my external varnish, but for the floor I use an acrylic hard wearing floor varnish intended for a sports hall floor.
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Hmm yes that makes sense. May I ask what product specifically for sports hall floors?
 
Concerto said:
I use Le Tonkinoise for all my external varnish, but for the floor I use an acrylic hard wearing floor varnish intended for a sports hall floor.
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I had a long chat with Brian at the Southampton Boat Show about use on the sole, as he also sells Le Tonkinois Parquets for floors. His comment was a yacht floor does not have a lot of foot fall, and thinking about it he is quite right.

Knowing @Tim Good is a member of the Ocean Cruising Club and spends considerable time onboard I still think would be suitable.
 
Sandy said:
I had a long chat with Brian at the Southampton Boat Show about use on the sole, as he also sells Le Tonkinois Parquets for floors. His comment was a yacht floor does not have a lot of foot fall, and thinking about it he is quite right.

Knowing @Tim Good is a member of the Ocean Cruising Club and spends considerable time onboard I still think would be suitable.
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He would do well to consider the size of a yacht "floor" in comparison to that of a large room or hall. While the footfall on a yacht may be small, its use is quite concentrated, everyone who comes aboard will walk on pretty much every square inch of it.
In regard to the substantive question. It is considered customary, when using varnish, to initially apply a heavily diluted coat and then sand down before applying progressively less thinned coats
 
If you decide to skip the sealer and go for building up coats of varnish with reducing amounts of thinner (or Owatrol), then I would recommend you use gloss varnish until the last coat. The satin varnish is very slightly cloudy and it will begin to obscure the lovely wood if you apply too many coats.
 
Tim Good said:
Hmm yes that makes sense. May I ask what product specifically for sports hall floors?
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Sadolins PV67. I used to use it on laboratory benches, Bar tops etc. 6-7 years ago I stripped, stained with Rustins stain & coated 14 of the sailing club's tables with 2 coats PV67. Still no scratches evident & a sailing club gives it hard use , especially from the children.
Excellent for floors. My own Oak spiral staircase had 2 coats when I built the house in 2000 & another 2 coats just before covid. Excellent product.
 
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