On 25 Apr 2006 17:41:37 -0700, "Fingersintact" wrote:

I am in the process of finishing a birdseye maple tabletop. I wiped on
the first several coats of poly...the last coat was brushed on with a
sponge. There are 4 or 5 little hairs caught in the finish. You can
only see them from certain angles.....but they look gigantic to me. I
am a real rookie at finishing, and am looking for suggestions on how to
remove them without making it worse...sanding?....exacto blade?

Any help would be appreciated!


Frank

Frank.... before doing anything drastic, try buffing the whole table top with
very fine steel wool (preferably the synthetic type) as you would use between
coats of your poly....
Use a little water if you feel like it's not "sliding" enough...

If you get lucky, that will flatten and smooth the area enough so that only you
will notice it... and even if you sanded off the finish and redid it, you'd
STILL see the hairs there.. *g*

I've found that a lOT of time and stress can be saved by asking one or more
people for an opinion.. don't mention the defect that you see like it's in a
spot light, just ask them to see if they can see any problems or things that
should be fixed... they usually don't find anything there but the beauty of the
wood.. *g*

Mac

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