I am finishing a table top with wipe-on satin polyurethane (no stain). Due to a problem, I had to sand a portion of the top down to the wood and then re-coated the top. The area that was sanded has a lower sheen than the area which was not sanded. I have applied a third coat and the sanded area still looks different. How do I fix this?
Jeff
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Not positive but I'd swag a guess that its the satin. To get anything other than gloss, the finish has to have flatteners in it. The more finish, the more they build. So you have some parts down to bare wood, some parts already with some finish. And you added. So the wood has what you could think of as 1 part satin but the other has double that. Adding more . . . same deal.
I think I'd be mad and kick the ground, say a few cuss words, get over it, and sand it down again. And in the future, use gloss until the finish coat, then use your satin, or just stay with gloss and rub your finish out to the sheen you like. Either works.
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