You have done everything correctly to this point. All of your wood has been sanded fair to 80 grit. It has been stained perfectly and sealed with three coats of CPES.
Drop the ball when varnishing will destroy all of your hard work.
Those glossy mahogany hulls, with shines that appear miles deep, do so because their surfaces are flat. Achieving flat requires patience, patience and more patience.
Reading the narratives accompanying these videos are especially critical to achieving varnish to die for. Please do so.
Remember a snow field is a flat surface and your goal, over and over again as you build coats.
We have tried spraying varnish, applying it with super expensive hog bristle brushes, and rolling and tipping it. Rolling and tipping is our choice, not because we believe it is the best of the methods, but because it works for us.

1957 Lyman Runabout Varnish & Assembly
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1957 Lyman Runabout – How To Varnish
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1957 Lyman Runabout – How to Varnish update
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1953 Shepherd Runabout: How to Apply Final Coat of Varnish
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1946 Chris Craft: How to Sand Varnish to Snow
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1959 Chris Craft Sportsman Buffed Assembly Begins
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1959 Chris Craft Sportsman: How to Buff Varnish (the SMB Way)
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Snake Mountain Boatworks LCACBS Varnish Buffing Workshop
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1955 Penn Yan Commander Aristocrat Finish Painting
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera: Buffing Varnish Triumph
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Wood Boat Varnish Buffing – RJ’s Clinic
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Varnish Update
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1956 Century Cowhide Palomino Hull Preserved!
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1958 Cadillac Seville – Interlux Perfection Plus Two Coats
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1937 20′ Lyman Varnish Prep Milestone!
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1948 Century Sea Maid Varnish!
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1948 Century Sea Maid Deck Seams & Varnish update
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1948 Century Sea Maid Post Preservation Debut Milestone
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1947 Chris Craft U22 Stain Seal Milestone
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1953 Shepherd Model 110 S Time for Sikaflex and Varnish
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1953 Shepherd Model 110S Update
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1953 Shepherd M110 S Dual Quad Four V-drive Hemi 22′ Runabout Post Preservation Debut
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1953 Penn Yan Swift CZT Varnish Update
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1951 Penn Yan 18′ President Preserved!
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1953 Penn Yan 12′ Swift CZT Preservation Complete!
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1959 Lyman Runabout Varnishing Milestone
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1959 Lyman Runabout Buffing Milestone
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