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My question is: On a wood SUP I have glasses it, hot coat then “gloss coat” quotes because it didn’t come out all that smooth. So I need to sand it back. I have read a couple of places about using gloss spar varnish as the final gloss coat. Any thoughts or experiences? I feel like that would be a lot easier for me than trying to polish up the epoxy resin to a high gloss. MY concern is the varnish will be too soft in the long run vs the epoxy.
If it is a PE glass job, just use PE gloss resin. Sand down your hot coat to 80 grit and gloss resin should be fine. Depending on how flat you gloss laid down, sand with 320, 400, 600, compound and polish. that should provide the traditional deep polished finish.
I’ll admit to taking the easy way out–sand until I can’t see the scratches (usually wet 400 is good enough for me–my boards are meant for use, not hanging on the wall) and wipe or spray acrylic floor polish (you can get it at smart and final) or a concrete sealer as Huck mentioned. The only asterisk is don’t leave your board wet in a bag for an extended period–it’ll make the acrylic cloudy (though it goes clear again when it dries out and doesn’t seem to hurt it any).
