Post #734971 by domin on Mon, Jan 12, 2015 9:58 AM

i ussually use polyurethane, never used varninsh before but since im in florida staying with my uncle and carved him a tiki while i was here i was just using what he had around. so far im not sure how well this stuff will coat or if it will get glossy at all, just seems to soak right in esspecially the bottom end i think its had 5 coats so far and just soaks right up the endgrain. also seems to leave it a bit darker than i thought it would. heresapicfrom this morning after 2 coats last night on the lowwer section and was 5 coats on the bottom.

added some light stain to punch up the shading but seems to disappear with how dark the deft gloss brushing varnish is staying so far pic is after over 15 hours drying time.
so will it lighten more with more drying time?
will it start to gloss up with more coats?
says indoor use on the deft but not sure where it will end up so will varnish bee good enough or can it be gone over later with a thicker clear coat, without having to sand it all off and start over?