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joatmon
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high humidity

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Okay, varnishing is coming out pretty good considering it's 89 degrees plus outside. (grrr) It is taking a little longer to dry though. I was wondering if anyone has added Japan dryer to help the varnish dry and if so, did it affect the quality of the finished product? I was hoping for a coat a day progress but it looks like, unless I can speed the drying up, it will be a coat every two. I have more than adequate ventilation as well as a dehumidifier going BTW.
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I am running into the same problem. The Florida summer is kicking and with it high humidity. This weekend I thought I would get three coats on but I only got one.

last night I applied the second coat but I thinned it a little with minerial spiirts and the thinner coat seemed to dry much faster then the uncut coat. I will still allow two days to dry before I even put a sander on it. I pan to start flipping the canoe applying a coat to the outside then the inside.
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got it

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I fixed the humidity problem. Got the dehumidifier going, full bore, in the garage. :twisted evil The second coat dried right up. Should be able to put 3rd coat (barely thinned) on the trim Thursday, with no problem. Then I can flip, and get busy on the outside. Good luck down there in Florida, Its me.
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