Gallon Of Varnish Will Cover: The following guidelines for calculating paint quantities are from a booklet published by Woolsey Marine Industries, Inc., entitled How to Paint Your Boat (©1967 by Woolsey Marine Industries, Inc., reprinted by permission).
In estimating the amount of material needed for a specific job, you may assume that one gallon of paint or enamel will cover 500 square feet for one coat on the average painted surface. Over new
wood, use the figure of 325 square feet per gallon. One gallon of varnish will cover 750 square feet on average for re-coat work, and 500 square feet on new wood. Paint and varnish remover may take several applications and consequently can be expected to soften only about 200 to 250 square feet per gallon.
The subdivisions of the gallon used mostly in trade are the quart, pint, and gill. The ordinary liquid measures are usually 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints == 32 gills. The proof gallon is a wine gallon of spirits containing one half its volume of nearly pure alcohol at 60° F., and is the basis for computing the United States internal revenue tax. For example, a gallon of spirits containing 40 percent alcohol would be 80 percent proof, and the number of proof gallons is computed by multiplying the percent of proof by the number of wine gallons.
Volume, for gasoline measurements at filling stations, is in liters. One liter is a trifle over an American quart, being 1.056 quarts, hence a trifle jj over % of an American gallon (.266). But remember also that a Britii| imperial gallon is 20 per cent more than an American gallon, being 1% toll
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