Deck Stain Experiences, Advice and Questions

[Ether Jones]

I believe you. But why does it require that I wait 24 hours to apply second coat? In other words, why not 4 hours? or 7 days?

[Goedjn]

My GUESS is that if the undercoat is too soft, you'll smear it while trying to put the overcoat on. You want the primer to cure enough to stay put, but soft enough to bind to the second coat. And if they said "wait 4 hours", you *KNOW* you'd be trying to go at 2....

[Larry Jaques]

On 5 Sep 2006 20:52:00 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ether Jones" quickly quoth:

Take some chemistry courses, Ether. You obviously have a -need- to know more about this subject.

Some bonds are crosslinked, others aren't. Latex isn't, I don't believe.

-------------------------------------------- Proud (occasional) maker of Hungarian Paper Towels.

Comprehensive Website Design ======================================================