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ditchman
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Just try mixing a few drops of varnish with a drop of thinners , you'll soon see if they react to each other.  You also have to be careful that a mixed solution doesn't react with a previously varnished surface , or that the varnish doesn't dry too quickly 👍.

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43 minutes ago, ditchman said:

its just an ordinary tin of interior wood varnish...

 

it says on the tin use white spirit to thin it............i aint gort no white spirit but ib have got thinners (xylene based) ...can i use that

also warm the varnish before & in use, tin in a container of hot near boiling water, thins the varnish & it will be easier to apply and yo get a  full bodied coat too

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I would only use white spirit or Turpentine

 

I have just refinished the Teak window board in the bedroom

8 coats hemple gloss, cut back to fill the grain, finished with 3 coats International Satin, denibbed with 0000 grade wire wool after spraying the finished surface with furniture polish

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