i thought about using polyester with the cloth for glassing them, but the last set of floats i scratch built, i used a technique someone else told me to give a try, which was like a furniture sealer i guess? i think minwax or something like that? but after putting it on and it setting up, it warped the wood really bad and had ripples all the way down the bottom of the floats. maybe i put it on too thick at first and didn't let it dry well enough before the next coat or i don't know. but i'm kind of sketchy about the whole liquid and wood thing for right now. i work with a few guys in a fabrication shop for aircraft parts like panels and skin and such, so i may buy the glassing stuff and a case of beer and get one of them to do the floats up for me. i didn't think about the trim solvent stuff though. i bought a bottle of it to do the orange trim on the wings of my plane, but haven't gotten around to working it yet. so as long as i get the floats glassed, i guess the rest of it would be pretty cake. is the trim solvent going to have any adverse reactions with the lustrekote? i would imagine both being monokote brand, top flite would think to make them compatible? has anyone else heard of the minwax thing and can maybe give me some pointers for a better job?