I haven't had much time this past week, but the temperature is beginning to cooperate a little bit more so I was able to start practicing my very rusty varnishing skills on our sun porch. I'm using Epifanes Wood Finish Gloss for the first few coats because it allows no sanding between applications. I'm probably going to do 3 coats before I mount these pieces and then do the rest of the coats in place once I plug the screw/bolt holes. I was just anxious to see something look nice and varnish-y for a change. Of course after 1 coat there is virtually no gloss because I thinned to 50% so the wood would get a good soaking prior to beginning to build. I'll do 25% thinner for the next few coats and see how that works and then I'll play it by ear. The final 2 coats I'll use Epifanes Clear Varnish (the standard varnish) because I'm told it's a bit harder for protection.
I also glued up 2 of the 4 scarfs in the cap rails with a mixture of epoxy and wood dust. I've been carefully saving all the fine dust from some of my cutting operations so I would have a filler that matched the wood.
At some point this week, I'll get the other 2 glued up and hopefully make some more progress on the cap rail installation this weekend. I'm still haven't fully decided my approach (see "I Haven't Screwed up the Caprail Yet!" post for more details).
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