Advice on restoring wooden handles

[Speedster]

Which spar varnish? Satin? Or gloss


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[captjoe06]

The answers here are very helpful.  Thanks for the input!


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[Speedster]

Personally I don't try to stain anything, I just don't like it but thats just personal taste. I like the look of the natural wood....

Do u go satin or gloss? What's ideal for wooden handles?


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[zavod44]

I personally don't like gloss wood, but that is my own opinion.  You can do what ever tickles your fancy as far as gloss level.  The handles were originally made from walnut, but in the final years of wood handles they may have used what ever they could get cheap.....

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[MacEggs]

Same here ... don't like gloss wood.  I prefer a satin finish with the spar varnish.

I personally like to go with an application of tung oil first.  Then finish it with a couple three coats of spar using Brian's recommendations mentioned earlier.

The tung oil can really bring out the grain of the wood, and add some nice, natural colour.

[zavod44]

Oil will really pop the grain

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[1ROW]

Yeah, I always use satin helmsman.

[FatBottomGrills]

This is all very helpful!

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