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Expert: - 3/5/2009


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I left the stain on a chair to long before rubbing it off. My first coat of polyurethane seems to be sticky.Will it eventually dry or have I ruined the job? thanks so much.

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Hi Candy
Nice to hear from you.
Before considering stripping your work off (which is what you may have to do), give the chair more time to dry.
You will not be able to remove partly dried poly by any other method but stripping with an mc stripper so wait a bit longer.
Was the poly fresh?
Old poly becomes very thick and will not dry properly.
If it was fresh, wait.
Regards
Eileen

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