GRRR! We hit a bit of a snag. We were stupid and wiped down the poly, because it looked so glossy, but it dried streaked, so we called Joel and got some advice and then I went to the store and spent about a 1/2 hour in conversation with a guy named Sean, who was SO HELPFUL! He gave me all sorts of great advice and I was on my way with the product we should been using all along, a satin finish instead of semi-glossy, because when it comes to polyurithane, semi-glossy is really glossy. I would hate to see what the glossy looks like.
So, I went to the house this afternoon, sanded all of the outsides of the cabinets. Did a test patch in the back of the cabinet hidden by the fridge and sure enough, we had wiped the poly off so much that I was also sanding off the paint. I got ALL of the cabinets sanded and taped off and then reinforcements showed up. We painted another coat of black paint around the entire kitchen, sanded the edges to antique and stained and got another coat of poly on. So basically we started them over tonight with a jump start. We also had doors being worked on and lots going on tonight. It is going to be a nail biter to get the cabinets done because they need 3 days after the last coat of poly before they can withstand regular use and that is after a MINIMUM of 3 coats.
Time will tell I guess!
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Oh, and yes you are seeing the time right. I left mom and dad's house at 2:30 putting me home at 3:00 AM. Good night! So Did Nat and Dave and Cameron was up til the bitter end with us tonight too!
Wow! I am so sorry that this HUGE setback happened. It will be OK, though. Even if we have to do a few things after the reveal, mom is still going to be blown away by what you have all accomplished!!
What a great job!
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