OldWood1700 Varnish Review - Part 1 

Beautiful Kimon As usual very interesting video. Waiting for the next conclusion video about this varnishing.

Great video !!!! Thank You so much for all that you do !!!!

Very Interesting Thank You

Is this violin that you built, or is this one that you bought in the white? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent video! Thanks Kimon!

thanks for teaching us so kindly, love all your videos, we learned so much, great content.

Cool! So satisfying watching and good for the state of mind also. Merry Christmas and on to pt. 2.

A very good book on violin varnish is the Koen Padding book from the Strad shop.

Nice instructive video. Seems to me that varnishing with your bare hands also gives you a better feeling where the varnish is applied, compared to a brush. Is that your experience too? Will you compare this varnish with e.g. the Hammerl varnish in the next video?

I've been looking forward to this video :-D Old wood seems to me such an interesting but weird system, and I must say so far I like where it's going. I agree that on the video it looks a little more brown than I would make it myself, but it looks like you can actually get quite a bit of colour with very little thickness? That's something I've had trouble with using Joha Can't wait to see your antiquing! I'm currently varnishing my violins and will be antiquing as well, so it'll be fun to see if I can pick up a few tricks of yours :-)

very very useful. Thank you very much

Belo trabalho.

Have you used the Refractive ground from the company? If so what are your thoughts?

thank you for your video, very insightful... would love to see how to antique a violin and the process necessary to make it look years old

Como funciona esse tipo de vernis poderia explicar parabéns pelo bom trabalho

Gratitud!

Great video. Hug from Brazil

Hello Maestro, what type of brush do you use and do you advise me to buy it? Thank you for this wonderful video.

Great video!

Wonderful and interesting video, Maestro! When I saw the first coloured layer go on, I thought it was quite brown, as I know you tend to like reddish tones for your instruments. The finish, to my eye on the screen, looks a bit smoother when applied by hand compared to brush. I think the heat of your hand helps to smooth the application. There's something a bit fun and also quite beautiful and intimate about the physicality of the process, not just with tools, but also by touch. It's something that drew me to play the violin when I was young. I look forward to hearing your final thoughts on this product kit and how it will look. Did your fingertips get stained very much by this application?

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Dear Maestro-Kimon another great video very informative. I am touching up a Storioni copy that was in the family and was looking very poorly so I bought some Old Wood varnish and started to clean and touch up the violin. Everything went well except for one spot which keeps drying with orange peel. I have done nothing different compared to the rest of the violin which looks great. I have sanded with up to 3000 grit paper but this one spot keeps drying with orange peel. Do you have any advice?

Hi maestro, I am making a violin with very dark cedar and very white spruce. Any advice as to how to varnish the violin to make the two colours nearly the same?

hello Maestro, thanks for this great video, i have a question about the Gelatin, jow you solv it a water? mean recept, procent or gram you use, thanks for answer.