Summer on the South Shore of Massachusetts Bay is a slower time. It is a time for beaches, light houses, sailing ships, and violin varnishing!
No hurry!
Seals (and friends) this year!
Plymouth beach at dusk
Chatham light.....
Cedar point light...
Preparations for the 400th anniversary...
HMS Bounty visit..
Violin varnish and varnishes for wood surfaces are a very old technology.The varnish I use is linseed oil based, thinned with turpentine. It is applied outside; it drys slowly. I do summer things as it drys!
Flax is cultivated both for its fibers which can be woven into linen and oil which is called linseed oil. Fibers of linen have been dated to 30,000 BCE and, thus, represent the oldest domesticated plant material. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax Flax seed oil has a long history as a varnish for wood surfaces. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil Turpentine is a common and effective solvent for the thinning of linseed oil. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpentine
A sable brush is ideal!
Application may take only 30 minutes but drying over two weeks! (each coat...)
The plan is to play this viola in November!
