Varnish in Smaller Container?

[Flute Maker]

I don’t use a lot of varnish. It takes me a while to use a quart much less a gal. I might use 2 quarts a yr. Do you guys just go to paint store and buy empty cans from them? Will big box stores sell them to you? Or what else do you do to protect your varnish?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Oka]

Hobby Lobby or one of those stores sells 8 oz pint or quart empty cans. That is where I would go.

 

[Graywolf]

Oh and yes, you can buy smaller cans and lids from a paint store or big box stores as well. But hobby stores will have them all so.

 

[JohnnyR]

You can also just add clean marbles to the quart can or you can buy vinyl bags made for storing finish.

 

[Gofor]

Bloxygen or the like (basically an inert gas that displaces the oxygen) sprayed into the container when closing can greatly reduce the amount of "skinning" on the top of the varnish. Organic coatings cure by oxidation, so removing the oxygen during storage prevents the top of the liquid from curing in the can.

 

[Flute Maker]

I will check that out thanks! I will get some empty cans at Hobby lobby thanks !

 

[David Turner]

Ace Hardware has empty quart cans and lids.

 

[Flute Maker]

I’ll check them out too Thanks

 

[Mountain City Bill]

Someone ( maybe Rockler?) sells a collapsible container that you can squeeze the air out. I hate the dreaded " varnish skin".

 

[Hmerkle]

Maybe this is what @Mountain City Bill was talking about:

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