6 coats a day Varnishing system - Skipper's Line Marine Coating Systems

The beauty of well varnished Bright work, is something that we all admire, and understand is not achieved overnight. Getting your bright work looking just right can be a labour intensive task and with today's busy life styles, we have less and less time for our leisure activities, this is why Skipper's Line marine coatings have developed Poliglass varnish, which has been successfully used by boat builders all around the world for years. The "6 coats a day" system is designed to reduce the time and labour involved with varnishing without compromising on the quality of the finish. We have now also developed the Poliglass Gel, which is a high build version of Poliglass allowing application of a higher thickness of varnish per coat.

Poliglass Varnish is a clear two-component varnish, for rapid build up in a short space of time, which can then be over coated with any of the Skipper's Line topcoat varnishes.

Surface preparation - Bare wood

The wood should be thoroughly cleaned and degreased to be free from oil traces and grease which may be present especially with oily woods. Sand with a medium-fine abrasive paper in order to provide a rough pattern that allows a keying for the subsequent varnishing system. All dust and sanding residue should be thoroughly removed from the substrate by brushing and vacuuming. Clean the surface with a cloth soaked with Thinner 203 allowing to dry.

1st Coat Poliglass should firstly be thinned with Skipper's Line 203 Thinner by 50-70%, depending on wood absorption to allow the varnish to penetrate the wood effectively.

2nd Coat Allowing between 40-50 minutes after the 1st coat apply the 2nd coat of Poliglass, again thinned with 203 thinner by 50% to fill the grain, without rubbing down in-between coats.

3rd Coat If the wood is particularly dry and requires another thinned coat for wood absorption, apply a 3rd coat thinned by 50%, if this is not required apply a coat of Poliglass thinned only by between 15-30% with 205 Thinner (flowing thinner), allowing between 40mins -4 hours max between coats. *

4th,5th &

6th Coats Without rubbing down in-between apply the 4th, 5th & 6th coats thinned with 205 Thinner by 10-15% to gain the desired build up thickness of varnish (further coats can be applied as desired) allowing 40min-4 hours max in-between coats.

7th, 8th &

9th Coats After allowing the Poliglass varnish to harden off overnight or allowing between 12-24 hours. Flat back using a fine abrasive paper, in order to obtain a perfectly smooth surface to apply between 2-3 coats of your preferred Skipper's Line topcoat varnish, Space clear UV or Acriglass UV (2-pack) or Topkapi UV, Starwind UV, Superwind or Bekol (1-pack) for maximum UV protection (further coats can be applied as desired)

* For interiors, the application of Polisatin or Polimatt (2-pack) or Topkapi Opaca or Bekol matt (1-pack) giving a non-reflective finish in the interior of your boat.