Jerry go with the Satin Spar Varnish. Clean all the holes with the rifle brush first then dip the brush in the varnish till it wont drip to bad. Swab about three holes then re-dip. Should do the trick. Wait a day or two for it to dry. Some on the list will dip the pin then pound but I don't think that is the way to go. Have done many as discribed below and all feel good to this day. Ed Tomlinson << I'm getting ready to do my first re-stringing job and am putting in new pins. As suggested by many on this list, I plan on swabbing the holes with varnish before inserting the new pins, and would appreciate some input on what kind of varnish. I looked at my local homecenter yesterday, and there's all kinds: oil based, water based, poly-whatever, etc. They did have one kind of "Satin Spar Varnish". The more specific the better (being the type that agonizes over such things). Thanks. -- Jerry Hunt >>
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