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Richard Barrett 3	15/01/2017 10:11:05
7 forum posts	Gent's. For my floats I've been told a waterborne varnish is best. Can you buy just a small amount. Most I've seen are in 5 litres, that would last two lifetimes for me. Thanks. Richard.
JasonB	15/01/2017 10:18:35
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Any of the ones sold as "quick drying" or "acrylic" will be water based, should be able to pick up a Ronseal or Dulux Diamonglaze from the local DIY in 250mls
Richard Barrett 3	15/01/2017 11:01:54
7 forum posts	Ahhh! Didn't know that, thanks brilliant. It's simple terminology I don't understand.
John Haine	15/01/2017 11:10:37
5563 forum posts 322 photos	Make sure that it is labelled as water resistant. These varnishes are based on PVA resins I believe, some are not waterproof. If you are not over-concerned about finish, quite a good approach is to use a waterproof PVA glue, slightly thinned down to a brushing consistency, and apply several coats. In the dim and distant I made a couple of "skim boards" for the kids out of 6mm ply and applied several coats of this to seal them against sea water - it worked fine for several holidays except where the sand scratched through the coating..

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