monophoto
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OK, so I like to make my own finishing varnish - a blend of a good grade of tung-oil based alkyd varnish, pure tung oil and turpentine. The last can of varnish went bad before I could use it all, so I bought some of those Stop-Loss bags (similar to urine collection bags used in hospitals) and that are advertised as a means of extending the shelf-life of finishes. I opened an new can of varnish, and was slowly pouring it through a funnel into the Stop-Loss bag. Fortunately, I had taken the precaution of standing over the trash can I keep in the shop so that the drips would fall to the floor, and was wearing rubber gloves - - -
when the can of varnish slipped out of my hand and fell into the trash can.
I ended up losing about half of the varnish - which is about the same amount I lost when it spoiled in the can. So at this point, I've lost about as much varnish using the Stop-Loss bag as I lost just by leaving it in the can.
I was wearing a ratty old flannel shirt that my wife originally bought at a second-hand clothing store thinking she could recycle the flannel as a craft project, but that I ended up wearing around the house for added warmth in the winter months. Some of the varnish splashed onto the shirt. I will just let it cure in place to leave a stiff spot - I never wear that shirt in public so I don't care what it looks like.
Some days it's best to just sleep in!
when the can of varnish slipped out of my hand and fell into the trash can.
I ended up losing about half of the varnish - which is about the same amount I lost when it spoiled in the can. So at this point, I've lost about as much varnish using the Stop-Loss bag as I lost just by leaving it in the can.
I was wearing a ratty old flannel shirt that my wife originally bought at a second-hand clothing store thinking she could recycle the flannel as a craft project, but that I ended up wearing around the house for added warmth in the winter months. Some of the varnish splashed onto the shirt. I will just let it cure in place to leave a stiff spot - I never wear that shirt in public so I don't care what it looks like.
Some days it's best to just sleep in!