Selection, use and maintenance of varnish

Selection, use and maintenance of varnish

The quality of your coating depends on your brushes and your choices and care for them should reflect your desire to get the best results. It is too easy to forget the brush and remains puzzled why you can not get ¬ a perfect finish.

Buy a good brush and keep only Polish. A good width is 50-65mm (2-2-1/2in.), But you will have something closer to trim or fine structure elements, natural hair is usually better than synthetic. There should be a conical shape and a thick layer of hair, some of them with clapper boards. The gap between the two rows should not be too wide, or it will keep them separate and prevent the brush to maintain a good load that will go well.

A new bristle brush will always be paid first time it is used. Soak in a mixture of varnish and white spirit (thinner) and work hard bristles against a piece of scrap wood, slap it on the edge of your hand, then soak and rub on new wood. Straighten your hair before they have a chance to get in a tangle. It is also necessary to drill a hole in the handle and the suspension of a piece of pile yarn through the top of the pot in a mixture of varnish 50/50 / solvent.

The "owner" is also ideal for the work happens over several days, allowing you to have the brush ready and not spend time cleaning after each session. Never hold a hairbrush in the pot, they will take a permanent bend. You can keep a soft brush soaked overnight in a solvent and enveloping ¬ hair tightly in paper money, but these are temporary measures and not a substitute for proper cleaning.

When you finally clean the brush, do not skimp. Wipe hard on newspaper or paper rags, then pour about 12mm (1/2in). The solvent in a bowl or shallow pan and pack the brush, replacing the vacuum often. 'll Do until there is no more paint on the hair - it's the handle, so be patient. Comb hair directly if they are entangled.

Problems with varnish

Besides the quality of your brush, the other big to get a good polish is dust barrier. He is your enemy with a varnish as anything else, because of the slow drying time involved. Moist soil and full analysis, then try to avoid moving the dust at all - even near the room where you work - throughout the process. After sanding, clean work carefully with white spirit and a tack rag. It is inevitable that stains stick to the layers, but they can be cut with fine garnet or wet and dry paper, with the exception of those of the last layer. If you have standards, the pen of the last layer of wax and wool, or a high-gloss, rub well with rottenstone, felt and oil. You can de-feather a satin finish, without hiding it gently caresses the best son of wool above, or with fine abrasive pastes as T-cut or toothpaste. Do not rub the surface, it shines a bright .