[Woodcarver] Re:CHAT Help carving outdoor sign

[Bill Smith]

the amount of coats should be no less then 5 or 6 as
when its outside it needs more then if it is goin to
be inside and that is the amount I use and stands up
better then a small amount of coats..

Bill
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> Yah, it maybe well preserved  Vic, but can you still
> eat it.(G)
> 
> Gordon Paterson
> Dowling, Ont.Can.
> 
> At 01:21 PM 3/3/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >>"Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
> >>Yes Maura, mahogany is wonderful for holding up in
> wheather,<snip> Just a 
> >>little
> >>sanding, paint and exterior grade polyurethane
> varnish took a few hours and
> >>should be good for another 25 years.
> >>The spar varnish should work out well for your
> outdoor sign. I don't know if
> >>you need 5 or 6 coats. I'm thinking 3 should be
> perfect.
> >
> >Joe and Maura,
> >
> >I carved a pineapple sign for the front of our
> house nearly 30 years 
> >ago.  I used Patterm-makers grade mahogany, which
> is a very dense, tight 
> >grained reddish wood that carves beautifully. 
> Acrylic paint on the 
> >pineapple, and 3 coats of spar varnish on the
> entire piece, including the 
> >bare wood background, and it lasted for nearly 20
> years before I had to 
> >sand and re-varnish it.  It sits outside most
> winters with a northwest 
> >exposure, so it gets plenty of New England weather.
>  I agree with Joe, 3 
> >coats is enough for the sign, and make sure you use
> a tight grained 
> >mahogany, there are several hundred specie of wood
> from around the world 
> >that can be called mahogany, including stuff I
> wouldn't burn in my woodstove.
> >
> >         Vic H
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