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   RW | Oct 16, 2004 06:47am | #1

   A regular pigment based stain should do fine. Now, I don't know what you're friend is thinking about, but the term acrylic - in coatings, refers to polymers in the paint. And acrylic is usually assosciated with paint, so an acrylic stain would end up being something like a solid color deck stain. Anyway, not a scientist, just thinking out loud here. If you're staining it, that's not completely unreasonable, I guess, but I would want to make sure ahead of time that you weren't going to have some kind of compatibility issue with the spar varnish.

   But any of the readily available stains - Sherwin, Old Masters . . . should hold up reasonably well. Unless you're in direct sunlight all the time. Then all bets are off.

   "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain

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   Clay | Oct 16, 2004 07:06am | #2

   I would stick with the oil based stain as you planned.  You COULD use an acrylic stain under your oil based clear coat but I can see no advantage in doing it that way.  I think you'd be less likely to run into trouble with your original plan.

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   randy12345678 | Oct 18, 2004 06:15am | #3

   Thanks RW. Thanks Clay. Oil it is.