Dominick

Hey I just wanted to let you know that 2 more of the walnut boards are spalted, one is completely spalted. 13' L x 9"w x 2"thick. Will be some time before we use it, need to practice on some "throw away" stock first to get the project down. Looking at music boxes, maybe pic frames, or a table topped with it.

Hey Dominick,
Just ran across a post of yours that mentioned you were in WL. I live just down the road in McHenry and actually own a business in WL. Setting up a woodshop in the basement of my business in WL. Do you know the old Marquise banquet hall on E. Wonder Lake Rd? Thats where the new little wood working shop is being built. Anyway, just thought I would say hey.

Hi Dominick, FYI, oil modoified polyurethans such as helmsmans spar urethane, are different chemistry than your older phenolic types or even older hard resin/oil types. Spar urethanes are just modified by mol/mol ratios of Acrylic polyol to urethane to give more [in this case] flexibility to use on spar type applications. This does not make them "slow" dryers, as you can tell from the application peramiters, you can "recoat" in 4 hours. This would never be true of a phenolic/oil blend. People get confused with "spar" designations as to having to be a high oil or high phenolic content to inable high plasticity and therefore requireing very long drying properties. urethanes do not have to work in this manner [though they could be made to do so] there is no reason for them to do so, if the plastcization can be had by other means. Hope this helps and pass it on to Tom, he can use it just like the directions say to use it. 4 hour recoat.

Cool, worked with Minster, Bruderer, Bliss, etc. Worked on the bench as a tool and die maker for about 15 years, then moved into management. We did mostly ultra precision laminate stampings for the hard drive manufacturers.