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  1. 13th July 2017, 09:53 AM #1
    Fumbler
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    I am using wipe on poly, wiping on and wiping off but it doesn't seem to be building up or getting a gloss to the finish, am I wiping off too much? Or is it too cold? It is only a very light sand in between coats but doesn't look like I'm getting anywhere? Or to get that perfect finish should I keep plugging away to get 6 or 7 thin coats up before it will glean like mad?

    Luckily it's the inside and the lip so no damage done to the outside.

    any suggestions? Thicker coats perhaps?

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  3. 13th July 2017, 10:21 AM #2
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    Wipe on poly is pretty thin - it's not intended as a high-build coat. Also, you're putting it on silky oak, which is extremely porous timber, so what you are getting is what I would expect.

    If you want a high-build, high-gloss finish then you can use regular poly by brush or spray, or if you are going to be doing a lot then investigate some type of industrial spray lacquer for the many advantages it has. Precatalyzed lacquer is probably best. Also, shellacs might be a good but more time consuming choice.

    Timbers like SO are always going to need to be grain-filled anyway, otherwise no finish will really look good.

    I'm not a fan of wop on things people examine closely. I did a lot of things with wop about 5 years ago and when I look at them now the finish is very disappointing - it ages badly.

    Nice joint work too, by the way.
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  4. 13th July 2017, 04:05 PM #3
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    Arron, Thank you. I guess it's slowly does it and a few more coats. Maybe the outside I will spray with a clear coat. And no, I will only be making them sporadically, on a case by case basis.
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  5. 13th July 2017, 06:11 PM #4
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    I thought wipe on poly was for wiping on, not wiping off. I have used it once and just wiped on a coat and left it dry and repeated.
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