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Originally Posted by Islandtrader
. . . The cons are (and this happened to 2 people I know) your varnish wears down and everything still looks good, and all of sudden every thing turns creamy...cause! varnish has lost its uv protection and the epoxy has none. The result you have to sand all the epoxy off  . . . |
Terry, that's a significant con! Human nature is to let stuff go until it obviously needs attention! Touching up ratty looking varnish is a nit compared to sanding off epoxy!
A neighbor gave me a nice solid mahogany front door with a cut glass window that I'm fixing up and was planning to varnish. It will face north so shouldn't see much UV, but the epoxy would add significant expense. Thanks for the feedback - I think I'll stick with plain varnish and just use plenty of it! Denny