The thinned lacquer does take some technique and sometimes 4 or 5 coats instead of 2. It depends a great deal on the wood and how far you sanded. I sand to 600 grit if I'm using that technique. Usually when I spray my stoppers I stop at 400. Each coat you put on disolves the previous coat. Normally I can get a good finish with 2 or 3 coats and don't need the drop on a cloth method if my skills are there. If I get the finish too thick it leaves streaks and that's when I use the drop on a cloth method to try and smooth the streaks out. You can often polish the finish with a bounty paper towel although I think they've changed how they make the towels because they don't work as good as they used to. If I had my shop up and working I'd go out there and do a few and make sure my technique is done as I remember but I'm still about 4 to 6 weeks away from having a shop. In fact I should be out there cleaning the floor getting it ready for painting but I've been working hard around the house this morning and I'm going to be lazy and take a short nap before I get to that chore. Takes a lot of work to power wash, scrub, power wash, acid wash, power wash, rinse and rinse a 2 1/2 car garage floor so I need to reginerate for about 15 minutes.
