Quick Drying Poly

[skidesmond]

The last skis I made I wanted to put a fast drying poly on them. Wanted to get them done asap.

I went to the local Home Depot looking for an exterior water based poly. But they don't have any. My experience w/ interior water based poly is that it dries very fast and can easily put on 4-5 thin coats in a day. Its has other problems that are trade offs, such as raising of the grain,....

Anyway I bought this stuff called Japan Drier by Kleen-Strip. It's an additive to oil based poly. Works pretty good. First coat took about 1.5-2 hr to dry to a sand-able finish. Applied 2 more coats about 1hr apart from each other. Apply thin coats.

Just found this at HeadMonkeys site : http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... g/?paged=2

http://www.systemthree.com/store/pc/WR- ... KgodyV6Rnw

[EricW]

Yeah, I'm going to use that stuff too. It's really good poly.

[Jekul]

Thanks for dredging that up! I was wondering if I could get something faster drying than the 24-hr stuff I've been using. Now to find a local distributor...

[knightsofnii]

minwax poly-crylic? i didn't like it for sidewalls but might work better for your application, i also didn't let it set for too long, overnite i think before i rode.

[skidesmond]

I've used minwax polycrylic for furniture but it's for interior use. Dries fast but raises the grain of the wood a lot making it rough. You have to practically sand the entire first coat off, but you can put lots of coats on quickly.

[knightsofnii]

grains on bamboo sw wont budge, give it a shot, cant hurt

[skidesmond]

grains on bamboo sw wont budge, give it a shot, cant hurt

Will do. Thanks.