When applying a finish, you do not want dust from another project floating around and tainting the beauty of your hard work. I always try my best to finish more than one project at a time without any new projects being started, so that they can all stay nice and clean. This way I don’t have a clear satin finish getting mucked up by my sawdust from the next project on the list. I mean that would just be stupid, right? So in a relatively dust free area I applied a Jacobean stain. For some projects I prefer a gel stain, but for this one a liquid was sufficient. Liquids are less flexible, but much easier, and since this was all newly sanded bare wood, the simplicity of the liquid stain was perfectly acceptable.
After allowing the stain to fully soak in and air out some I applied the first coat of a satin poly finish. The second coat was, as usual, much quicker and better coverage to apply. I let coat two dry completely for two days and lightly sanded before applying the final coat. This smoothes out any little bubbly imperfections that may have risen out of the wood under the surface, removes any little dust particles and flattens the texture just a little bit. Sanding with a light paper also gives the final coat tooth to grip itself into, which keeps the finish lasting longer down the road. The third and final coat went on clean and smooth.
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