I’m trying to finish. To get to the finish one must do the finishing, and finishing is somehow never finished.
Doing finishing is probably my least favorite part of a build. I like to get a shiny surface, but that shows every little bubble and every little dust mote. One can always give the finish a light sanding, and apply another coat, but this very possibility means that one must at some point declare ‘enough is enough’. Because I do a hand rubbed finish (I don’t have spray equipment, and don’t have any place to install it if I did have the equipment) there is always the possibility of a little dust or bubble or something. I do the finishing in the closet of my son’s old room because the room is not used, and can be kept pretty free of floating dust. The closet provides a convenient place to hang things too.
I do enjoy seeing the instruments begin to glow and shine but it is a slow and nerve wracking process.
