Originally Posted by
Jim Becker
Be sure your temperature is high enough to be in the effective curing range for the finish and yes, do be careful with how thick you lay it on.
That said, I just completed a "large surface" of VG D-Fir for a commission and it absolutely required more coats of finish than anything I've ever done before. It may be the nature of the softwood structure...I don't know. I was not using an oil based product like you, but my experience was similar relative to that piece of the puzzle. I actually ended up with about 12 sprayed coats plus two initial sprayed coats of de-waxed shellac to seal in water soluble dye, but part of that was because of an issue with the finishing product I initially used. It wasn't a terrible thing, however, because it gave me multiple opportunities to further level the finish. :)