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Well, I am in the final stages on this build and have decided to use a Tru oil finish. Its easy to work and produces a very high gloss, trouble is,it show all my inperfections, and I mean every spec of dust. I want to degloss or knock it down, but not sure hoe to go about it. I tried rubbing down with 0000 wool, but it just really clouds it up. I was thinking about using pumice powder, which I have, but not sure how to apply it wet or dry--maybe theres a better method???

For the amount of time I ahve into this finish and the subpar results so far, I pretty sure I'll be farming out the finish.

AF,

If you let the Tru-oil cure for a couple of weeks or so you can use the variopus grades of micro-mesh to wet-polish it up - all the way up to 12,000 using water with some washing-up liquid in it. A lot is going to depend on how far into the finish the dust particles are.

The pumice is going to be too agressive I think.

Don't worry. "Finishing" is definitely an oxymoron and everyone struggles. The more you do the better you get.

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". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010