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   Troy | Dec 18, 2006 09:48am | #1

   I think the drying times are often very flexible, ie in Phoenix AZ in the summer the time is much faster than the San Francisco bay area where I live. Any way I have not tried this product but I would suggest that you buy a small can and try it on some test wood before you commit to using it on a project. I have used other zinsler products and they have been satisfactory.

   Troy

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   SteveSchoene | Dec 18, 2006 04:30pm | #2

   I haven't used this one, but if it dries out of dust in 15 minutes, you will have to work very quickly (or spray) to avoid application problems.  None of the usual lay on and tip off techniques usually used for varnish.  I suppose it's worth a try, but in my mind varnish needs rubbing out in any event, so what's a little more dust, within reason. 

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   Rich14 | Dec 18, 2006 06:56pm | #3

   Steve,

   "in my mind varnish needs rubbing out in any event, so what's a little more dust, within reason. "

   I completely agree. But I believe this type of product will attract, not the finisher interested in fine furniture and fine finishing, but the contractor who is in a hurry to finish a job.

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   SteveSchoene | Dec 18, 2006 07:36pm | #4

   You are probably right.  Perhaps not a bad thing at all in finishing interior stain grade trim since you only have a a few inches of width where you have to maintain a wet edge. 

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   pins | Dec 18, 2006 08:54pm | #5

   I don't know about the Zinsser but I posted this over a week ago and I know it works.

   John

   Wood Classics FastDry Oil Varnish from Sherwin Williams. It is a true varnish but the solvent is Naptha.

   Not as dark as regular varnish, dries to the touch in 15 minutes and can be scuff sanded and re-coated in 4 hours. Applies very nicely, I thinned it a little because that's the way I like it. Seemed to pull a little on the brush but I will try to add a little Penatrol to a sample to slow it down a little.

   Took a while to get ahold of a tech guy at SW but he told me that the addition of a little 'high-flash' naptha will also slow it down, but SW didn't have any and I haven't had a chance to look any where else and I spoke with him before I used it and I didn't think to ask him about Penetrol.

   Seems do dry very hard, as in durable, time will tell.

   The retail price was about $35 a gallon but gave me my professional discount and it was about $26. That's less than half what I've been paying for Behr's Clear Lac, another fast dry varnish type I like that I have to order directly from Behr because the HDepots around here don't carry it.

   John