Varnish not drying

[Arnold9801]

I applied the first coat of varnish to a sign I carved yesterday and it's still very tacky 17 hours after it went on. I shook and stirred the tin and didn't apply it to thick. It's a new tin of a good make-Ronseal yacht varnish.

It's so annoying. Can anyone advise what's wrong?

 

[johnnyb]

17hours isn't long enough. add a bit of terebine. tbh 3 days before you can sand properly.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Yacht varnish? You'll be lucky if it's properly dry in a fortnight.

 

[MARK.B.]

You have to give it enough time to cure, the ambient temperature when applying and drying should be in line with the manufacturers guidlines .

 

[baldkev]

I once had a tin of sadolin clearcoat that didnt go off...... in the middle of the summer! 3 days in high heat and the customers front doors and frame were still wet. I phoned sadolin tech and the batch code showed the tin was 4/5 years old, it had been in howdens central stores for years before being distributed. I ended up having to wipe it all down with white spirit, leave it a couple more days and still had to scrape it back.