I hesitated asking another stupid question, but here goes.
I had a small dent in my finished top that I raised the grain with an iron. I then sanded out the remaining dent and restained the area successfully. But a small depression is noticable when you run your hand across it. I had put 2 coats of poly on and after it was dry, the depression, as expectected, was still present.
I had the bright idea to pool poly in the area and strike it level. Once dry, I would sand and then recoat the whole top in another coat of poly. The patch area looked good, but being impatient, I only let the surface dry overnight. The inner surface wasn't dry yet and gummed up. So I resanded the area to bare wood and restained.
Will the leveling technique work with oil Poly if I allow a week to dry or will the patch pop off over time.
In Hind sight, I should have lived with the depression; no one else would have noticed it; But I still would have know it was there.
Thanks
Edit: My basement is only around 70 F, so I don't have to worry about it drying too fast (cracking).
The area is an oval approximately 2" x 3 " (sanded) and maybe 1/32" at the deepest.
I had a small dent in my finished top that I raised the grain with an iron. I then sanded out the remaining dent and restained the area successfully. But a small depression is noticable when you run your hand across it. I had put 2 coats of poly on and after it was dry, the depression, as expectected, was still present.
I had the bright idea to pool poly in the area and strike it level. Once dry, I would sand and then recoat the whole top in another coat of poly. The patch area looked good, but being impatient, I only let the surface dry overnight. The inner surface wasn't dry yet and gummed up. So I resanded the area to bare wood and restained.
Will the leveling technique work with oil Poly if I allow a week to dry or will the patch pop off over time.
In Hind sight, I should have lived with the depression; no one else would have noticed it; But I still would have know it was there.
Thanks
Edit: My basement is only around 70 F, so I don't have to worry about it drying too fast (cracking).
The area is an oval approximately 2" x 3 " (sanded) and maybe 1/32" at the deepest.