Finish thickness FYI

[ElleBrooke]

So how many coats of poly are too many? I wood burned/painted/clear coated a 20$ ukelele kit to practice and test my products, put on 8 coats of wipe-on, water based polyurethane, wetsanded- and accidentally relic-ed it! I had to touch up and apply a couple more coats of poly. With this telecaster, I'm aiming for between 25-30 coats of wipe on, water based poly before I wet sand. But is there a point where there's too many? When it gets cloudy?

[Trevor Davies]

So how many coats of poly are too many? I wood burned/painted/clear coated a 20$ ukelele kit to practice and test my products, put on 8 coats of wipe-on, water based polyurethane, wetsanded- and accidentally relic-ed it! I had to touch up and apply a couple more coats of poly. With this telecaster, I'm aiming for between 25-30 coats of wipe on, water based poly before I wet sand. But is there a point where there's too many? When it gets cloudy?

FWIW: I have not used a wipe-on water-based poly, and I'm not a fan of wet sanding! I'm also not great at finishes!

For Tru-oil I would typically aim for 2/3 brushed on (thick) coats, then 20+ wiped-on coats. I generally lightly (denib) sand (with 600 or 1200 g) along the way, being very carefully around edges. And gently sand to smooth surface every 5 (or so) coats with increasing grits from 600 to 2000g.

I'm not sure about too many coats, or if it goes cloudy! If it starts going cloudy the wet sand should bring it back a bit.