Varnish or epoxy?

[Old Gamefisher]

I'm replacing the plywood on my aluminum transom. It's exterior grade plywood, no voids, and I painted it with 4 coats of spar varnish. I read quite a few recommandations here for epoxy/resin. Anything wrong with having used varnish?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Varnish or epoxy?

The wood on a small aluminum boat is an easy replacement. What the heck.....leave it and go fishing. Many years ago ....... spar varnish was the coating. You should be fine.

 

[Old Gamefisher]

Re: Varnish or epoxy?

Thanks, Bob. Looks nice, too - I stained the wood before I varnished it.

 

[film495]

Re: Varnish or epoxy?

with epoxy you have to varnish every year anyway so - the only place i would really recommend epoxy would be if you had made a wood mounting board where the bottom of it would be wet the whole time.