Final Coat heart break high

[Andy40]

WA weather....0% humidity 100%of the time and hot.

[wazkelly]

WA weather....0% humidity 100%of the time and hot.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

Having used DT on 2 builds the experience has differed slightly but ended up less than perfect on both occasions. The stain seems to go on OK for 1 - 3 coats provided you leave no less than 2 days - maybe 5 days before applying next coat. On some coats I left 10 - 14 days before applying more and that made no difference. The main issue was that some parts looked dry whilst others looked shinier and more how you expected things to look. Additional coats did not help even out the dry parts either and when using 0000 steel wool between coats it often turned to crud. I think I wet sanded my EX-5 a couple of times as a result before getting a smooth even finish and then proceeded with TO as the one and only attempt with a top coat resulted in another wet sanding.

In relation to humidity it rarely gets below 60% in South East Qld at this time of year however for the most part the weather has been pretty stable over the past few months and whenever rain was forecast I held off applying coats so as to avoid any humidity related issues. Pity the BOM can't get better at forecasting as we badly need the rain they keep saying is coming our way.

To sum it up I think 2-3 coats of stain followed by similar amount of intensifier is about as much as you can apply in this part of OZ. Still unsure how you get the clear top coat to work properly and hope some of this helps you in some way.