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Today, 12:59pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Yup I think you are both right!! :) Probably a little too much sandarac and mastic. As a result the varnish is slightly cloudy even after...

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Yesterday, 8:33pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Well after reading lots of stories about making spirit varnish like this one I decided to try my hand at it. First I made a spirit varnish sealer --...

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Sep-19-2020, 3:10pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Awesome! And everyone probably thought that you just made and repaired bases! Who knew!! :))

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Sep-17-2020, 9:15pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Very cool story and history. You must belong to a very small group who has played a mandolin in the Himalayas! :) I actually considered buying some...

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Sep-17-2020, 4:32pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Thanks! Yeah I found out that mastic is expensive!!! An individual on Amazon sells "Tears of Chios" 100 gm for $38 -- I guess that works out to...

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Sep-16-2020, 7:10am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Thanks for the background information --good to have because just reading about this stuff you tend to think that you've kiind of lost your mind --...

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Sep-15-2020, 10:22am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

More discussion of egg white as a wood sealer for violin finishing. Lumberjocks Also here is where the vinegar reference came up. But now that I...

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Sep-15-2020, 9:26am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Spirit Varnish for a mandolin? in Builders and Repair

Well its a little OT but I started my chemistry career in the mid-1960s at that time we (chemists) treated benzene as just another very useful lab...

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