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Hey all.
I have done lots of small projects before, but this is my first significant effort. I have laid an nice walnut wood inlay strip in to maple. I stained it (natural) and then applied my first coat of semi gloss poly.
I read that I should sand (400+) then wipe with mineral spirits. I am using an oil based poly and an oil based mineral spirit.
Once the 1st poly coat was dry (about 24hours) I sanded. There was one place on the inlay that the sanding seemed to leave a very light haze. I couldnt tell if it was sand, dust or scuff. The rest of the inlay did ok. So I decided to do the mineral spirits to clean.
It wiped well for most of it, but the white haze took a lot of rubbing. I got maybe 80% of it up. Then I decided that whatever it was is not coming up, and that a second coat of poly should remedy it. So I dried it with a cloth and waited 20 minutes and applied the second coat of poly.
My questions:
1) Will using the mineral spirits remove too much poly? I read some things that made me wonder.
2) Will applying oil poly over oil mineral spirits be OK?
3) I didnt wait long after doing the mineral spirits rub down (20 minutes?) Was that dumb? Should I have waited longer? It seemed dry to the touch.
Thanks for the help!
Matt
I have done lots of small projects before, but this is my first significant effort. I have laid an nice walnut wood inlay strip in to maple. I stained it (natural) and then applied my first coat of semi gloss poly.
I read that I should sand (400+) then wipe with mineral spirits. I am using an oil based poly and an oil based mineral spirit.
Once the 1st poly coat was dry (about 24hours) I sanded. There was one place on the inlay that the sanding seemed to leave a very light haze. I couldnt tell if it was sand, dust or scuff. The rest of the inlay did ok. So I decided to do the mineral spirits to clean.
It wiped well for most of it, but the white haze took a lot of rubbing. I got maybe 80% of it up. Then I decided that whatever it was is not coming up, and that a second coat of poly should remedy it. So I dried it with a cloth and waited 20 minutes and applied the second coat of poly.
My questions:
1) Will using the mineral spirits remove too much poly? I read some things that made me wonder.
2) Will applying oil poly over oil mineral spirits be OK?
3) I didnt wait long after doing the mineral spirits rub down (20 minutes?) Was that dumb? Should I have waited longer? It seemed dry to the touch.
Thanks for the help!
Matt