Epoxy tricks?

[Bigjim]

I built some nice hinged doors for my boat a couple of years ago. They are oak with tinted polycarbonate panels. The sun did a number on them over the last two years, and I need to re-coat them with epoxy and varnish.

I've already sanded them down and they're ready for coating. Does anyone have a trick for doing the epoxy and varnish on both sides at once, so I can cut down the time it takes? When the doors were first built, it took a couple of weeks to finish all the work, with laying multiple coats of epoxy on one side then the other, sanding and repeating. And, then doing the whole process over again with varnish.

[psk125]

If you take them off the boat you might be able to hang them by the handles or the hinges and get access to both sides that way.

[Spot]

Sometimes I will use finishing nails as little feet to elevate a piece so I can coat all sides. You could also devise a way to use the hardware mounting holes to hang the pieces from wires and double-triple check for drips on the lowest corners. A third way to do flat stuff is to finish the two large flat faces and one vertical one horizontal edge and rest it on the uncoated horizontal and vertical edge with a slight lean against a wall. the go back and do the previously uncoated edges. Or use small pieces of wood to jack things up and realize that there will be some sort of touch-up when trying to work 'in the round'.

[Bigjim]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just bit the bullet and started doing one side at a time. Luckily, the Total Boat epoxy hardens pretty fast. It's set up within 2 hours and ready for another coat.

I'll probably do something different when I start the varnish. That doesn't dry very fast.