T&T: bright work

[Paul Brannon]

Ron,

I, too, wondered about that.  I got the recommendation from the woodshop at 
Huckins in Jacksonville where they were restoring many older Huckins wood 
boats.  Since the Awl-Brite is catalytic the coats are applied in fairly 
rapid succession compared to the traditional varnish application.  I was 
applying two coats per day and one day three coats.  I have also seen 
Bristol that has held up quite well with multiple coats and was leaning 
towards that when I talked with Huckins.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rogers" <rcrogers6 at kennett.net>
To: "'Paul Brannon'" <pb at mvseasea.com>; 
<trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>; <bobflower at aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:07 AM
Subject: RE: T&T: bright work


> This extraordinary effort makes me wonder how 11 coats of spar varnish or
> Cetol or Bristol would perform.
>
> Ron Rogers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brannon
>
> I put the full Awl-Brite regimen on my boat in the spring of 2006 starting
> with 4 coats spar varnish cured for a month and then 7 coats (all I could
> get from one "kit") of the Awl-Brite according to their tech and it has 
> held
>
> up very well over our loop trip and even now it still looks beautiful. 
> The
> boat has only been under cover for the last 6 months since 06.  This was 
> in
> Jacksonville, FL and then 3 months in south Florida before heading north 
> on
> the loop.  I will be applying new coats this year just to make sure.  I 
> have
>
> been well pleased with the product.