Yes! Bristol Finish

[Roger Long]

It can be applied without running and sagging. See video here:

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/videos/BristolFinish.wmv

There is still some bubbling but I'll just pretend that it's non-skid.

Now, I just have to build a frame for my whole boat. Let's see, 13,000 lbs....

 

[Jack]

roger,
that is genius...
a friend of mine who builds and customizes fishing rods recently created a similar jig to apply the epoxy to the eyelet wraps...
well done...
jack

 

[Ed Schenck]

Roger, you need a hobby.

 

[Roger Long]

Roger, you need a hobby.

You know, I put that whole rig together in half an hour early this morning just looking around the shop at stuff lying in corners and kicked under benches. It's better than Sudoko.

 

[TimCup]

You know, roger, if you surround that with heat lamps-

It would dry faster and you could roast a chicken!

Gosh, I sound like Ross- happy eating!

cup

 

[woodster]

It can be applied without running and sagging. See video here:

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/videos/BristolFinish.wmv

There is still some bubbling but I'll just pretend that it's non-skid.

Now, I just have to build a frame for my whole boat. Let's see, 13,000 lbs....

thats a very good way to do it Rodger ...do you have a wood turning lathe...that would work great ...i have 2 and have put vsd drives on both useing 220 volts ac power that convert the power to three phase and have three phase motors on the lathes with a pot to controll the speed .....one more thing ....about the bubbles if you try poring the mixed paint through a paint strainer in to your container that you dip your brush into ...that may help reduce the bubbles .......just a thought ...but as they say ...nothing beats a try but a failure......

regards

woody

 

[Roger Long]

about the bubbles if you try poring the mixed paint through a paint strainer in to your container that you dip your brush into

Bristol Finish makes its own bubbles. It's the kind of thing Microsoft would call "A user experience enhancement feature." You put it on and it is perfectly smooth and mirror finish. You look back five minutes later and the finish is covered with bubbles.

Causes of bubbles as near as I can determine from 4 years of working with the stuff:

1) Surface cooler than liquid.

2) Surface warmer than liquid.

3) Surface too cold.

4) Surface too warm.

5) Too little airflow over surface.

6) Too much airflow over surface.

7) Brush touching wet surface a second time. If you can get all the above right and get the wet edge to exactly touch the previous brush strokes without overlapping, you won't have bubbles according to my phone conversation with them.

Other causes apparently include:

a) Being applied to a boat.

b) Opening the can before applying finish.

c) Butterflies flapping their wings in China.


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[sailingdog]

LOL...

Bristol Finish makes its own bubbles. It's the kind of thing Microsoft would call "A user experience enhancement feature." You put it on and it is perfectly smooth and mirror finish. You look back five minutes later and the finish is covered with bubbles.

Causes of bubbles as near as I can determine from 4 years of working with the stuff:

1) Surface cooler than liquid.

2) Surface warmer than liquid.

3) Surface too cold.

4) Surface too warm.

5) Too little airflow over surface.

6) Too much airflow over surface.

7) Brush touching wet surface a second time. If you can get all the above right and get the wet edge to exactly touch the previous brush strokes without overlapping, you won't have bubbles according to my phone conversation with them.

Other causes apparently include:

a) Being applied to a boat.

b) Opening the can before applying finish.

c) Butterflies flapping their wings in China.


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[letterman]

Is this the problem

The bubbles form as you brush it on, right? The problem is surface tension. The thickness of the varnish is not allowing it to flow into the microscopic pores and holes in the wood. Then the trapped air rises as the varish settles in causing ---bubbles.
Try wiping the wood with a solvant before painting...a solvent that is compatible with the varnish. The solvent will dilute the surface just enough for the varnish to run into the holes and, sort of like a surfactant.
I had the same problem painting with epoxy till I figured it out.

 

[Roger Long]

Try wiping the wood with a solvant before painting...a solvent that is compatible with the varnish.

Did that. Believe me, I've tried everything in the instructions and what they told me on the phone. It bubbles just as badly on coats 3 - 5 when the surface is completely sealed as on the first coats.

:cussing:

 

[Ross]

I once had some house paint that wanted to whip up a foam with brush or roller. I changed brands.