I'm wiping. Yes it's satin, I figured that it won't quite look the same as a gloss, but I've seen that I can get some of it to some degree of shiny that's better than having those little pock marks in it, so I was hoping there was a way to still get it all at least smooth.
Okay so... re: the dimples, the only way to get rid of those is by level sanding with a coarser grit paper before moving on to the finer 1500 & 2000. You just need to be careful not to sand through or you end up with a whole other set of problems.Originally Posted by jarro_2783
Since you're wiping on, it looks to me like they may have been caused by possibly wiping on a new coat before the previous one was cured enough or the rag touch the surface before the newest coat whilst it was still tacky. That's purely speculation on my part, but satin poly is usually much more forgiving than gloss, so something happened there.
It needs to be treated just like "orange peel" that occurs with spraying.
re: polishing satin poly, the reason satin poly doesn't "shine" like gloss poly is because is has solids mixed in to it that diffuse light when it tries to reflect off of it (that is a very generalised explanation). I typically don't even sand satin poly unless I have to fix a defect (like an effing bug lands on it!). If i do need to sand for any reason, I just do what needs doing and then apply a fresh coat or coats until I get as near perfect as I can get it. Sometimes this means a few extra coats, but it's worth the time IMO.
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