I've got a serving tray: 1/16" cocobolo veneer over 3/8" birch ply, wenge border, jarrah feet. Using my usual GF SealACell/ArmRCoat combo, the wenge and jarrah are coming out very nicely, but the top-coat doesn't seem to want to cure on the cocobolo: 12 hours and it's still tacky. So strip with MS, scrape, sand, repeat...no joy.
Note that I'm talking thin coats: I can get a coat to cure, but only by wiping it so hard I almost can't tell it's there afterward, but at that rate it will take 10+ coats to get something resembling an even finish. Any clue what's going on here?
(Plan B is to strip it one more time, let it dry a couple of days, and just shoot it with clear lacquer. Anything in particular I should watch out for?)