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ronzoni Junior Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2018 Posts: 3 Location: Petaluma, California
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:54 pm Post subject: Varnished fiddle smells bad |
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Varnished violin with oil varnish in November, several coats on successive days. It seemed plenty dry each time. Now, in March, it smells like rancid oil. Must not have let it dry between coats long enough. I suppose the solution is to take off most or all of the existing varnish and start again; sound right? _________________ Ron, the humblest guy in town |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know much about varnishes, but... what type/make/age of oil were you using?
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ronzoni Junior Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2018 Posts: 3 Location: Petaluma, California
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Joha oil varnish, recently purchased. _________________ Ron, the humblest guy in town |
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L P Reedy Super Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 276 Location: Brevard, NC
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure I can help, because I've never encountered this problem, but if you are otherwise happy with the varnish job, I would leave it alone for several more months to see (smell) what happens. It may be possible that your varnish coats were too thick and, while seeming dry on the outside, were not inside.
I am only familiar with the varnish I make, which has no driers and is applied very thinly, then dried in a UV box. I have read that cobalt driers skin quickly on the outside and dry through slowly. I don't know that from experience and your varnish may not contain cobalt, but I have no other suggestions except to use thinner coats, allow more time between and maybe set up a UV box. At any rate I can't see any reason that time should not fix it. |
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SioFong Tong Junior Member
Joined: 20 May 2017 Posts: 10
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:33 am Post subject: |
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May be rancid and not dried fully? I have some dried rancid oil. It doesn’t smell bad after it dried. |
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