Post #479579 by Grand Poobah on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 2:05 PM

Thanks Nomolos and Tiki Mango for the nice comments. I let the stain dry for a day and I was still not happy with the finish. So once again I decided to sand the damn thing back down as I knew I would not be happy and would pick at it. I really worked back the grain this time, probably should have done it before. This time I took it down to 220. The stain does not suck in as much and so the grain seemed to stand out much better. (Most of you I am sure are saying "well duh") I must start filing away this information and putting it to use in the future. But I will miss the Christmas cards from the sandpaper company as I might be single handedly keeping them in business!

close up look at the grain and his fingers and toes

Thanks again for looking