Wolman Woes...

[dpaull 80]

So I did four decks this year with Wolman's F&P...two of the four are looking rather pitiful. I don't think I'll use this stuff ever again. Anyone else?

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

We used to use Wolman F&P years ago but had to stop because of faulty seals on the pails. This allowed a skin to form inside and made a mess using pump up sprayers which we were using at the time. Still, the quality of the product also changed and it would turn dark faster and not hold up as well. This was also around the time of WT debut. We had found our rosetta stone of sealers.

Anyway, F&P leaves the wood looking kind of ... dead after it has been stripped off but that is just an opinion and not just mine, but that of many of our customers as well. It may have been a good preservative but it did not live up to the name 'finish' well at the time of our product change.

I cannot speak to the quality of the product today as it has been 5 years since last using it and would not want to discourage anyone from sampling it as formulations for numerous products have gone through changes to meet tighter VOC restrictions. Wolman may have gotten the formulation right by now and it is possible that what you have experienced was an older batch.

Rod!~