# varnish and paint

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnish-and-paint/37283>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [July 9, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnish-and-paint/37283 "2010-07-09T15:50:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scott\_Smith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Scott\_Smith1](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Scott_Smith1)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnish-and-paint/37283/1 "2010-07-09T15:50:03Z")

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Forum,

I would like to varnish the entire boat and paint several images, stripes, etc using brightside white urethane paint.

Can I varnish the entire boat and paint directly over the varnish, or do I need to mask the area that I am going to paint and not apply any varnish to this area, or do I need to varnish, sand, mask then paint, or other method???

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Best Regards,&nbsp;

Ready to finish the project

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mcinnis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Larry\_Mcinnis](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Larry_Mcinnis)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnish-and-paint/37283/2 "2010-07-09T17:46:36Z")

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I've seen several approaches put forward on this topic.&nbsp; My boat has&nbsp;a stripe along the sheer line, across all the seams and along the bottom/side edge; everything else is varnish.&nbsp; I chose to paint my stripes, taping off as necessary, and then varnish the entire boat (over paint and all).&nbsp;

I used Brightsides green (can't recall the name of the green), and the only affect the varnish had was to add a golden hue to the color of the green (which, in my mind, looked better than the original color!).

I think the decision should be which way is most efficient for your time and effort invested.

Good luck; hope you can post some pics of the finished product,

Larry

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