Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
I haven't used water based poly or Minwax full stop, but with my home-brew wipe-on poly, I do a minimum of 12 coats on necks.
I switched to spraying my poly (thinned) with an airbrush or touch-up gun last year and I still apply 12+.

I suppose it depends on what kind of feel you're going for.
This is only to create the faux binding edging. I will stain the front, side and back and then seal/clear coat/oil/wax a finish over that. I am still working on that.

So at this stage it really is only to keep the edge defined and colour free naturally...I hope.

I have read some other poor fellows build thread and his hassles with binding and hidden cracks and stain marks in binding. I think I will tape up the binding on the top edge and also run a few coats of the poly over the binding now....I think I will sand and polish/buff with steel wool first the binding and then paint on some poly on the side and the top edge.

The thin top edge will be really hard to do and to keep the poly off the surface I need to stain. Wow....binding is such a wonderful thing to deal with.