Gleam Marine Spar Varnish 433509 1

This product has been absolutely fantastic to use on my boat. The teak has never looked better and after months of direct sunlight appears to still look like I just apply it to the boat.

Used this to seal countertops turned beautifully.

Goes on easy, dries fairly quick....great product.

I am beyond happy with this stuff!! I just bought a condo (built in the late 70's) and am slowly remodeling room by room. One of the bathrooms had an awful beige laminate countertop. Rather than spend a bunch of money ripping the vanity out and replacing, I decided to refinish and paint everything. This is 3 coats of black acrylic, with sparkles tossed over the 3rd coat, then EIGHT LAYERS of what CLAIMED to be high gloss polycrilic finish over. I followed the instructions, sanding with 300 grit between coats, but NO MATTER WHAT I did, it was NOT a gloss finish, and when water dropped on it, it left a discoloration for a few hours til it dried (even 2 weeks after the final coat). Decided to give this stuff a whirl. I sanded the poly with 300 again.... this pic is only ONE COAT of this stuff, 48 hours after application. As you can see, it's mirror gloss finish. I'm gonna let it cure for about a week before heavy "bathroom counter" use, but so far, it is GORGEOUS and exactly what I was wanting!!!!

I love this varnish as I can lay down multiple coats in a day with no sanding - a HUGE savings of time and effort. That said, maybe because it sets up fast, it also goes bad in the can faster than others too. I only buy pints now for that reason and figure to use it up or toss it in one season. Still, the advantages make it worth it if you need to do multiple coats. If you are doing a single finish coat annually, this may not be the one.