No joke guys, I am so sick of this table I am ready to light it on fire. I'm sooooo pissed, anyway, hoping you can help maybe. The attached picture is an upclose shot of the problem I keep running into, this is the 4th time I have redone the table with a new finish. You already know the shellac incident, so I switched to the arm-r-seal which I know is the best stuff out there and the results are in the picture. This picture was taken after I sanded it back down again the 4th time, b/c the arm-r-seal, while a beautiful finish was leaving what appeared of "brush marks" all over the table even though I rubbed it on, so I am confused as hell. So I thought "maybe I'm putting it on too thick" so I sanded it down, then used a paper towel and "rubbed" in the arm-r-seal this time, very thin and the result is what you see. I am pissed and confused and frustrated guys, can you help? I don't think this is a finish technique problem b/c I have finished nice pieces in the past, what the hell is wrong with this table? Can you tell me what those marks that look like brush marks are? I thought maybe it was just the grain, but it goes right over onto the inlay so it is something on the "surface" but I have sanded and sanded and it keeps giving me this streaky/brush mark look. If I put more arm-r-seal on it builds gloss but still looks like crap b/c you see those damn marks...Even with the arm-r-seal it still looks blotchy and fuzzy to me, far from what DJM, or any other decent craftsman turns out. The table is the nicest piece I have ever made and I feel like I'll never get it finished b/c of this...Is there something "in" the wood causing this? I am so stumped I have no idea what to do, it looks like to me I might as well sand off this 4th, 1st coat again and start over with the 5th time refinishing the top, but I just feel like it is going to turn out like this again. HELP! Thanks for any advice/direction.