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Originally Posted by eolon
Cetol Marine,the original, wonderful, stuff, contains iron oxide (rust) as UV absorber. Iron oxide is absolutely excellent for UV protection over a wide frequency and for long duration. It imparts a characteristic "rust" color, for some unknown reason, if you build up a lot of coats, and can get quite dark. Some people don't like this, so new formulations of Cetol, "Light" and "clear" and "whatever" are available.
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We used the original rusty Cetol stuff on our cockpit table, 8 or 9 years ago. It has needed no maintenance at all, and the finish is still just like it was the day we put it on. But that's because I find it so ugly that we never use it - if I wanted an orange cockpit table I could've used plastic. I also found the finish to be slightly soft. Maybe that's a side effect of the formulation they did to avoid having brush strokes show? Anyway, I was underwhelmed with the whole thing.