I'm building a pair of end table that have the stretchers set back from the legs and joined with dominos. This seemed like a good opportunity to pre-finish pieces since otherwise I'll wind up with squeeze out in all these corners. I had been planning on taping over the domino mortises but now I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to stick in some dominos just a bit, spray around them, and then pull them out once it's dry to the touch. (Obviously I wouldn't be able to use the dominos for any other purpose again). I think taping would be OK too, especially since the back side from the tenon won't be visible, so I don't need to worry about taping a little bit too far back as long as I cover up the mortise. But I've never sprayed laquer onto painter's tape before, so don't know if I'll have issues there.
The tables are cherry with BLO applied (and cured enough now). Will be using EM6000 (for the top I'm going to use sealer on it just to level it a bit better.)
Also, for pre-finishing should one coat be enough so squeeze-out doesn't cause problems? I'm thinking of one coat of gloss and then two coats of semi after assembly.
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Bruce