Perfect Satin Finish?

[GBinSD]

I have completed a new teak table for the salon of my trawler and have a finish of 2 coats CPES and about 10 of interlux interior satin varnish. Looks great...smooth as glass w/ the exception of some small dust particles...minor, hardly noticeable, but I'd like it to be as good as I can get it. I am a liveaboard and have taken all precautions to wipe the surface, strain the varnish and provide a dust free envirenment, but aboard the boat and w/ no shop, it is hard to be completely dust free. My question is regarding if there is a good way to rub out the last coat for a perfect finish?

[NormMessinger]

Rub it out with pumice and oil followed by rotenstone and oil. There may be more modern ways of doing it, say with car fininsh buffing compounds from your local auto parts store. The latest copy of Fine Woodworking will help with the latter.

[GBinSD]

Thanks much Norm for the reply!

After making the post, I read some of the previous postings regarding "newbies" and the FAQ reference... I heeded the advice and consulted the reference w/ good results.

As always, thanks to all for providing a helpfull and informative resource.

Rich

[Wild Wassa]

If I was doing this, I would wait until the varnish had hardened (not that that is possible) then tape off the smallest area, scrape with a flat scalpel, on the end of a cotten bud I'd put Solvol (following on from Norm and you don't want to polish out the satin sheen) then an even polish over the smallest area, with one of the advanced liquid cutting compounds. For a varnish I'd choose something in the Farecla G series, a liquid with enough scratch to retain the satin sheen. Automotive paint suppliers will tell you what cutting compound will be needed to retain the satin consistent with the paint.

Good luck.

Warren.

[ 08-25-2004, 08:30 PM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]