Benches came out great.
First coat of extra thin went on great. Dried great. Waited 24 hours and applied a thin coat of the polyx gloss. Temp fell down to 40 or so. Checked it 4 hours later and it was pretty goopy. Put a fan on it overnight but in the morning it was the same puddles of sticky.
Ive seen this before, coating isnt being accepted.
I got out the mineral oil and wiped as much off as i could.
Was it going to be fine and im just an impatient scaredy cat? No idea.
Good news its a lovely surface, is just so smooth. Good news its drying well now even on a dark and rainy 45f day. Bad news theres some shiny sections where the stuff did dry and it resists my scrubbing with mineral oil.
Reading folks say this happens sometimes with oily hardwoods, especially after the first coat theres no more pores to stick to and it lies on the surface. I thought it worked great for the benches, not sure why the table gave me guff.
Ill look with fresh eyes in the summer, sand and re-apply if its needed.
Bad light right now. Can kind of see the shiny scabs in the first pic.
This whole project was a lot easier than i expected. Bummer that the finish failed at the very end. Maybe ill learn something from it.
Now wait 2-3 weeks to cure and we can start wrecking it with curry and beer.
For kicks heres the before and after
