# Varnishing 

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367 "2009-06-12T09:22:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Licht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gary\_Licht](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Gary_Licht)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367/1 "2009-06-12T09:22:19Z")

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I have just finished painting a black border around the deck of my soon-to-be -completed Kaholo.&nbsp; I am wondering if I should tape over the paint or just varnish the whole thing. Any advice will be much apprciated.

Rabbit

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Sousa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Christopher\_Sousa](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Christopher_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367/2 "2009-06-12T11:43:49Z")

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In my experience you'll always want to tape a painted area off before varnishing.&nbsp; You won't get good adhesion between varnish and paint like you will between varnish and wood&nbsp;or varnish and&nbsp;cured epoxy.&nbsp; &nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Licht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Gary\_Licht](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Gary_Licht)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367/3 "2009-06-12T15:18:15Z")

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Thanks for your reply, I hadn’t thought about the adnesion issue. Tape it is!

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Hynes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Charlie\_Hynes](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Hynes)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/varnishing/35367/4 "2009-06-12T19:26:48Z")

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The tip for builders has some good advise on varnishing rabbit. I did the foam brush cris-crossing over a 3x3 area without re-dipping the brush dry to wet on the last strokes.