Need help renovating home tiki bar! - Home Tiki Bars

D dtel Member South Mississippi Joined: Sep 06, 2013 Posts: 117	D dtel Posted posted on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 7:57 PM On 2014-07-22 13:50, freestylpolaris wrote: Is using a roller on the large supporting frame portions out of the question for shellac or varnish due to bubbling? I am picking up everything today. On the Varnish I used a foam roller, the small ones about 4" long to put it on kind of quickly, one small area at a time (like 2 feet on the top of the bar and quickly followed with a brush slowly smoothing it out with one light pass of the width of the brush moving on before it got tacky which is pretty quick, worked great. On the shellac I just brushed it on, it's so thin it really doesn't hold bubbles and dries almost as fast as you put it on. Just my experiences.

On 2014-07-22 13:50, freestylpolaris wrote:
Is using a roller on the large supporting frame portions out of the question for shellac or varnish due to bubbling? I am picking up everything today.

On the Varnish I used a foam roller, the small ones about 4" long to put it on kind of quickly, one small area at a time (like 2 feet on the top of the bar and quickly followed with a brush slowly smoothing it out with one light pass of the width of the brush moving on before it got tacky which is pretty quick, worked great.

On the shellac I just brushed it on, it's so thin it really doesn't hold bubbles and dries almost as fast as you put it on.

Just my experiences.

Post #723438 by dtel on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 7:57 PM