Re: Floats I made 40+ years ago
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:48 am
very nice. keep fishing them ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
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Now that’s a good question! I know it was a water-based wood flooring sealer, from a stately home restoration project locally; they very kindly gave me a small tin of the stuff. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name, but this would have been in the mid 70’s and I used it until I ran out. The trick was to use several very thin coats, using a fine brush and then put the floats on rotary dryers for the 4 hours or so it took to dry. I had bodged a rotary dryer from a rod varnish dryer, revolved at about 10 rpm, and I think this is the key to getting a really good bond to the quill or cork, other than very careful prep, of course.