Finishing question?

You will need to sand the project again. Poly adheres through mechanical bonding. So it will need a “roughened” surface to bond to. Just sand lightly with 400 grit, topcoat it with poly, wait overnight for it to cure and sand again before applying another coat.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

On the other hand…. You can’t go wrong following Scott’s advice, but I have applied poly over Danish oil many times without sanding first, and never had a problem.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

be quite certain that the oil is dry, 5 coats is alot of oil to be topping with a poly..personally i would wait several weeks, just to be safe, and yes sand it as stated above, and

5 coats? damn, some would call that over kill. But not me i like your style! lol. but definately sand before the poly. hell by the time youve got 4-5 coats of poly on the peice has prolly doubled in thickness ;)

-- mwm! Before you criticise walk a mile in their shoes, and when you do criticise you will be a mile away and have their shoes!

oh and dont forget to post the project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- mwm! Before you criticise walk a mile in their shoes, and when you do criticise you will be a mile away and have their shoes!

Thanks for the help gang.

I will post it when finished, and after I get some 6 year old to show me how to use the digital camera and load it to the desktop.

Again thanks for the info.

-- Measure three times, cut twice.