I am replacing the base molding and door casings in our kitchen. I am using pine with a water based stain and a water based poly urethane. I have two coats of semi-gloss poly urethane and now my wife is thinking that she should have chosen high-gloss poly urethane instead of the semi-gloss. Needless to say I’m not planning to strip off the semi-gloss but I am wondering what will happen if I use high-gloss poly for the third and final coat? I suspect it will pick up the gloss a little bit but not very much and probably not enough to really notice, what do you think? I am also planning to have my final step be a lite sanding with 600 grit wet sand paper, do you agree with that?
Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated.
Will
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You can do that. The glossy will be high sheen and if she wants it dulled you can steel wool it...or better yet, she can steel woll it.
Will
Ditto Cheifsfan's comment. Done it often. If you sanded between coats, the last coat will be the one that dominates and dictates the sheen.
Well, get to work. Or if you could convince her that high-gloss is a very dangerous. If the sun shines on it the glare can cause momentary blindness and you could possibly collide with someone in the kitchen. If you had a knife or something hot in your hand, this is not good..
Ha..ha.. I'll try anything. Of course it won't work. Like I said, "get to work".. <Grin>
sarge..jt
Thanks guys, that is just the information that I was looking for. I did a light sanding with 220 between coats and got the gloss poly on last night. It looks very nice, thanks for the help.
Will
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