jlcustomz
evil painter
Sprint, the intercoat makes sanding easier, actually a little more pleasurable experience, but you can sand a regular clear between coats also. Just won't sand as nicely & will take longer dry time not to gum your paper. Personally for a first coat with clear, I'd thin it a little more with reducer. The first coat lightly scuffed will get rid of the worst of the raised hair & if you really want to see the grain, you may not really need to scuff or sand again.
Since you may want black natural look, try it a few ways on scrap or backside. Try burning with torch before & after stain, slightly sanding a little color off afterwards , etc & sample rattlecan clear enamel over em.
If you end up thinking after final clear that you want a little less woodgrain, you can light sand with you fingers instead of a blocking & recoat. However, if not going with much more coating & sanding, but not full blocking, you will start to pickup more variance as to what is looking really flat & what's still grainy.
Since you may want black natural look, try it a few ways on scrap or backside. Try burning with torch before & after stain, slightly sanding a little color off afterwards , etc & sample rattlecan clear enamel over em.
If you end up thinking after final clear that you want a little less woodgrain, you can light sand with you fingers instead of a blocking & recoat. However, if not going with much more coating & sanding, but not full blocking, you will start to pickup more variance as to what is looking really flat & what's still grainy.
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