Waterborne varnish.

[Richard Barrett 3Participant @richardbarrett3]

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.

[Richard Barrett 3Participant @richardbarrett3]

Varnish for floats

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

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 3Participant @richardbarrett3]

Ahhh! Didn't know that, thanks brilliant. It's simple terminology I don't understand.

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

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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