After opening finishing products like varnish, I find the can starts to "skin" and just gets worse as it gets lower .... end result is usually a lot of wasted varnish. These cans aren't cheap, so 2 years ago I transferred the last 1/4 of a Epiphanes quart to a finish storage bags, as a test. I forgot about it and while doing a recent project, pulled it out and the quarter can is still perfect.
The bags I got are from are from Lee Valley, there are likely other suppliers, they cost about $5 cdn ... seemed steep when I first tested them, but a can of varnish is a lot more and these bags seem to eliminate a lot of the waste and storage issues.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=72867&cat=1,190,44133&ap=1
So I just took a can of Helmsman Spar varnish that looked like this
into the storage bag and now I should get to use all the varnish, with no waste or storage problems
Likely some have heard or even use these, this tip is for the others that haven't
Bri
The bags I got are from are from Lee Valley, there are likely other suppliers, they cost about $5 cdn ... seemed steep when I first tested them, but a can of varnish is a lot more and these bags seem to eliminate a lot of the waste and storage issues.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=72867&cat=1,190,44133&ap=1
So I just took a can of Helmsman Spar varnish that looked like this
into the storage bag and now I should get to use all the varnish, with no waste or storage problems
Likely some have heard or even use these, this tip is for the others that haven't
Bri