Did it again! Hit enter after putting my title in. OK, here's what's going on today. Varnish. Glued it up yesterday and this morning took one last shot of it before putting a light coat of Joe's Rose Greek Pitch varnish on.
I start with the scroll first. There is no way to hold it if you do the scroll last, and I like to get it out of the way because it is the hardest to do. Next on the hard to do list is the ribs. I do those next. My method for the whole process is to put a little varnish on a few places with a brush and blend it all in with my fingers, or palms. I did the back next and the belly last. I don't think it matters much at that point which side you do first. The varnish has a lot of color in it so the hardest thing is to get the coating even so it isn't blotchy. I don't see too many blotches. When I smooth it up after it is dry with some oil and tripoli (or pumice, I always forget which one is finer) I can smooth out any blotches I see then.
A few thin coats is what I'm aiming for. Nice color Joe! I think 3 coats will look real nice. It's been out on the porch all day, mostly cloudy though (been that way or raining for more than a week), but the varnish mostly not tacky already.
My homemade varnish took forever to dry. Well, weeks anyway. Oh, by the way I forgot to publish the post before this one! Please check it out.
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