Or maybe I shoud say do you like and I know this will be subject to different taste.
On my first time using a wipe on poly was on a small maple shelf. I used a satin poly that I mixed 50/50 with mineral spirits. I was pleased with how easy it was to apply and the finish itself was a much better finish than anything I had done before, but after 4 applications the grain started looking muddy.
I used 4 or 5 coats of wipe on poly and then a final rubdown with 0000 steel wool and wax I'm guessing the reason it looks a little muddy is because of the satin poly. Am I guessing correct?
The grain in the cherry lumber I got from Berhnard is just too purdy to let that happen again. After reading an artical by Bob Flexner on mixing different sheens to get the sheen you want I started experimenting today with a few different ratios of satin/gloss mixtures to see what I like. Do different sheens work better with different wood or should it be different sheens work better with the more open grains vs the tighter grain woods
On my first time using a wipe on poly was on a small maple shelf. I used a satin poly that I mixed 50/50 with mineral spirits. I was pleased with how easy it was to apply and the finish itself was a much better finish than anything I had done before, but after 4 applications the grain started looking muddy.
I used 4 or 5 coats of wipe on poly and then a final rubdown with 0000 steel wool and wax I'm guessing the reason it looks a little muddy is because of the satin poly. Am I guessing correct?
The grain in the cherry lumber I got from Berhnard is just too purdy to let that happen again. After reading an artical by Bob Flexner on mixing different sheens to get the sheen you want I started experimenting today with a few different ratios of satin/gloss mixtures to see what I like. Do different sheens work better with different wood or should it be different sheens work better with the more open grains vs the tighter grain woods