will polyurethane damage a quilt on quilt rack

[steve3604]

guy at work wants a quilt rack, will finish damage the material on a quilt?

thanks:D

[biscuit]

I have finished the few (3 or 4) quilt racks that I have built with poly and never heard of a problem. That does not mean one does not exist, but for the life of me, I cant see it being one.

Let me know what you may or may not discover on this.

Regards,

[Gofor]

If you ensure the poly is fully dried, there should be no problem. With the colder weather, this may extend the drying time up to a week (or more if you use a poly/linseed oil mix) if you do your finishing in a cool garage or shop. During the summer I would still give it three days. If you use the poly-shades (stain and poly combined) I would use just clear for the last coat or two to ensure no stain leaches out.
If drying time is going to be a problem, I would use rattle-can lacquer.

Go

[big mac]

Just make sure its dry---once polyurethane cures it is the same as plastic---just make sure you give it enough time to cure properly--as mentioned the colder weather slows down the curing time. :)