Marine Spar Varnish

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daArch

Discussion Starter · Aug 11, 2008 (Edited)

My preferred coating for my wallpaper table has been McCloskey's Man-O-War Spar Varnish - Gloss.

The stuff is very hard to find now - Varspar owns McCloskey (new acquisition ?)

Question: Any Massholes know where I can find McCloskey's without driving TOO far.

Last time I refinished the table I used Miniwax Poly. The poly is just to brittle for cutting on. Man-O-War always seemed to be resilient and have some "self healing" aspects (I can only guess that the Man-O-War had "softer" resins that would flow back together after being lightly cut into)

Question: Who makes the best marine varnish that also is resilient like I found the Man-O-War to be ?

Valspar is sold around here at Aubuchon, but the local store could not find the M-O-W on their web interface. They do carry Last n Last marine spar varnish. My last experience with Last n Last was with their poly, and I was NOT impressed.

Question: Anyone have experience with Last n Last spar varnish?

thanks

-Bill

UPDATE EDIT: Just called a boat yard in Duxbury MA where I'll be this Saturday, and they carry Epathane varnish. Anyone know about it?

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slickshift

· #6 · Aug 11, 2008

Yeah that MOW just fell off of a bunch of shelves
It's a distributer thing...whatever that means
If you've got a True Value nearby, they used to carry it, or at least used to be able to get it it (again a distributer thing)
...maybe your local TV has got a few cans leftover, might be worth a call

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slickshift

· #14 · Aug 11, 2008

daArch said:
...the ones around here aren't old enough to have stock that old.

As I understand it, it was dropped in the last month or so
I went looking for it a few weeks ago, and they said their re-order never came in
It took a few no-shows for them to call and get the "dropped by distributor" story
So...maybe a few months tops

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slickshift

· #15 · Aug 11, 2008

PinnacleResidential said:
As far as urethanes go, Sikkens is probably going to be your most durable.

I'm not sure if the Marine and Marine Gloss are urethanes, but they are killer
I believe the Door & Window is, and it is "softer" than the Marine
Might be too soft actually...that's what makes it work so well on windows and doors

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