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   _mj_ | Jul 13, 2020 04:38pm | #1

   Marine varnish by a company that caters to the actual marine (boat owning) crowd. Interlux is a brand that I have used and held up well in a salt water environment. Stay away from household and box store brands or you'll be re-doing the work too soon.

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   fivebirdscustom | Jul 13, 2020 04:41pm | #2

   Epxoy?

   I would definitely also look into Wood Hardener (Product by Minwax) or some form of rot restoration product.

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   Roblest | Jul 13, 2020 08:44pm | #3

   Thanks, FiveBirdsCustom. I am familiar with wood hardener. Do you apply the wood hardener first and then varnish??
   BTW, the wood has already been conditioned and stained.
   Thanks.

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   Roblest | Jul 13, 2020 08:44pm | #4

   Thank you _MJ_ !

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   john_c2 | Jul 14, 2020 03:00am | #5

   My experience is that Minwax Wood Hardener is an utterly useless product. Just useless. I've used RotFix on outdoor window sills that were a little soft. It's a really thin epoxy that soaks into the punky wood. On sound wood, it wouldn't do anything.

   If your wood is old growth and in good shape, you can't harden it, condition it, or anything else. A really good marine varnish from a boat supply outfit, as mentioned above, is the best you can do.

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   fivebirdscustom | Jul 14, 2020 10:06am | #6

   Interesting. I've used Wood Hardener with good results. But, I've been curious about RotFix.

   So, hey, I would be more than willing to use RotFix instead of Wood Hardener. John_C2 seems to have some good experience here.

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   Roblest | Jul 14, 2020 10:38am | #7

   Thanks John_C2! I'll check out Rotfix for some upcoming exterior window work. As for the interior - marine varnish it is!!