I hear you on that one! Ugh! I've done 6 coats of marine varnish on my panels, and just cannot escape dust. With the high gloss varnish, the dust looks like boulders. The last coat I put on looks stunning ... except a few tiny dust spots on one big dust spot on the boost panel I made. I'm going to try building a dust booth in the garage, but even then, getting each panel into the basement to dry without getting dust on it is another impossible mission.

Still, your panel looks really nice! Very cool! Also, I actually kind of like how the stain blushes a bit ... it adds variance to the wood that looks sort of natural, and also enhances the woods natural patina in the lighter spots. Mine has a few light streaks where I just sanded too deep .... refinished twice so the veneer got very, very thin in the end. But I kind of like the nature-like imperfections in mine.

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