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I will be adding on to my iguanas cage soon and am going to be useing pine studs and need to use some type of polyurethane or w/e to cover the wood up with so that my herp doesn't get sick...anyways what should i use to do this?
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I'm replying under the assumption that the pine will be inside the cage. If they're on the outside you really don't need to worry about it a whole lot.

If the studs in question will be subject to high moisture you should avoid water-based polyurethanes. That pretty much leaves oil-based. Of those I would avoid the spar urethanes as they often have stablizers and other solids that offgass for a very long time.

If you don't mind touching up the cage every year or so you could try a high gloss acrylic latex paint. But it sounds like you want clear.

well would a two part epoxy work? because you can go down to home depot and get this product called glaze coat, it's a clear 2 part epoxy. they use it on wooden bars in resturaunts and such, it's tough and lasts a lifetime.
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Two part epoxies would work. I assumed since he asked about polyurethane that he wanted something cheap and easy to use. Probably a poor assumption on my part.

I'm not familiar with the exact product Glaze Coat but I have used Envirotex. It's another two-part epoxy used for bar tops, etc. I know it's found under at least one other label so it would not surprise me if Glaze Coat was another.