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• Putting the cold spring weather to good use, below.
  • Wow! You should work with wood professionally
    • LOL!!! Tom is my best Woodie! (hey I didn't mean it like that! )
  • VERY nice Tom. And yes, that's exactly what I meant
  • I love good varnish
  • $10 Varnish? Tom, your local candlery might not survive
    • I haven't looked at the slip lately, but it's closer to 20 these days.
      • One reason we always stop in Rockland!
      • How do you keep the varnish from skimming over in the can?
        • Propane.
          • Did that in the furniture shop for years
          • Same here.
            • Damn that Charlie Jones! Beat me to the draw again.
              • He's old but he's quick!
                • I'd need propane all over town. The boat, the shop, work, then I have 1 quart pails...
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        • I'm finding the cheap Ace Hardware brand varnish doesn't skim over like the expensive marine brands.
        • I turn the can over...
        • I pour it through a paper paint filter and it's good to go, Doug.
          • Thanks, I picked up some filters today.