shaneymack Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Well I'm sold. For clarity, are you talking about Enduro var or high performance? Endurovar Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted July 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Thank you all for your answers. I think I am going to experiment with both Enduro Var and Arm-R-Seal. I have to admit I like the idea of cleaning up with water instead of solvent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 When I clean up waterbase, I mostly clean with water. After everything is clean, I do fill the cup about 1/4 with acetone and run it through the gun. Acetone is a dry solvent, it will help flush all the water out and make sure you gun is nice a clean for whatever finish you use next. Acetone is also compatible with pretty much every finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted July 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hi, Mike - I do the same, but tend to use alcohol because it will absorb the remaining water and get it out of the gun. Good to know about acetone. I almost always have mineral spirits, naptha, denatured alcohol, acetone and lacquer thinner around the shop. It's handy to be able to grab what you need without going to the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prov163 Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 I'm still learning to spray, but Wdwerker told me about the waterborne poly by General Finishes and it's great. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 An update: I called General Finishes and talked to them about my project. The gent that talked to me said that Arm-R-Seal would require a long time to harden sufficiently, so I am taking that off the list for this project. We also discussed my experience with High Performance and he said that HP typically takes at least a week to cure enough to put a book on it. I would suggest even more than that based on my experience. Finally, we go to Enduro Var. He said that in an environment with decent air flow, it would cure enough for books to be placed on it in 48 hours. Based on that, I think I will spray things one weekend, then put the back on it the next and put it in place. Thanks to all for your input. I'll let you know how it turns out. This is the largest bookcase I have made in quite awhile and I like the way it is going together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 An update: I called General Finishes and talked to them about my project. The gent that talked to me said that Arm-R-Seal would require a long time to harden sufficiently, so I am taking that off the list for this project. We also discussed my experience with High Performance and he said that HP typically takes at least a week to cure enough to put a book on it. I would suggest even more than that based on my experience. Finally, we go to Enduro Var. He said that in an environment with decent air flow, it would cure enough for books to be placed on it in 48 hours. Based on that, I think I will spray things one weekend, then put the back on it the next and put it in place. Thanks to all for your input. I'll let you know how it turns out. This is the largest bookcase I have made in quite awhile and I like the way it is going together. Yet another plus for Endurovar. Post some pics and your experience when done ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, shaneymack said: Yet another plus for Endurovar. Post some pics and your experience when done ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Will do. It is going to take a few weeks yet. 21 shelves and the case itself is going to take awhile to sand and finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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