Any ideas on this one??
Making 4 dining room chairs. Using red oak that I bought rough and planed to thickness. Milled all the pieces and am finishing them before the glue up so NO glue or waxes etc have been applied to any of the wood.
Decided to use General Wipe on urethane in the dark mahogany color. I've used it before and like the color. Started with a tack cloth to clean all parts then wiped on a coat and immediately wiped down with a clean rag. Color looked fine.
Approximately 24 hours later I am putting on the first coat of the General Wipe on satin top coat.
On SOME of the pieces, the stain came off in splotches -exactly as you might get if you had glue on a surface. Remember, this is stock that I milled myself - I did not introduce and glue, silicone, etc to the surface.
Even though there is one coat of topcoat, I'm thinking I should sand down again and repeat the process BUT I'm at a complete loss as to WHY it blotched when it didn't wipe off when I applied the stain.
Any ideas? next time I'll just use a garnet shellac to get the finish.
Thanx,
Vic