I made some sanding mistakes, stained with GF gel, and saw the mistakes. So I resanded, and restained, and saw new mistakes. So, I watched Marc's sanding videos and realized I broke every rule in the book. But that's besides the point. I learned my lesson.
Dining room table. I didn't build it, I'm just refinishing the top. The previous owners had kids that did a number to it.
Now it's time for the top coat. Primary goal: durable. Secondary goal: don't make my sanding mistakes more noticeable than necessary.
Yes I know I didn't list "quality wood clarity" as one of the goals, but this wood isn't spectacular. It's relatively soft and doesn't have any great character to it. And, this table will go through a beating the next 15 years.
I'm thinking a few layers of a satin polyurethane. Can you help guide me? On hand I also have GF gel top coat, GF arm r seal, Minwax polyurethane, and Minwax wipe on poly. But this table will be around for awhile so I'm fine with going to the store to get what I need.
What would you do?