Originally Posted by
Rodney
I forgot to ask: What did your wife have to say when you told her? I think mine would forgive me one like that if we had the cash.
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My understanding is...
She was a lot less unhappy when she saw it (I had it cleaned before she got home from work).
Your understanding of the process matches mine. The MOP is in the Japanning and is baked in.
The amount of work was (I believe) in the slow sanding process to make it all perfectly smooth.