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As an experiment I refinished my anchor hatch cover last spring with Minwax products. Sanded to bare wood finishing with 220 grit. Mineral spirit cleanded and stained with off the shelf minwax stain. Top coated with minwax spar varnish. Sanded and M/S washed between coats & tac-raged. First coat was thinned about 5% with following coats (8) about 1 - 2 % just to improve leveling in late spring air.(Michigan) Med to wet coat. After final coat let it age 5 days and placed into service. The boat is tarped (not water proof) when not in use and over the course of summer it did see plenty of water on my dock. Boat was stored in a unheated building over the winter and looks as good this spring as when completed a year ago.

Also have used this product on the new flooring I made for my Achilles and it is doing the job with some pretty rough service. I.E outdrive lube, grease. tools and rough shoe traffic.

Have not fully decided yet on longevity, but at this point it is holding up very well.

My Two Cents