I know I can smooth surface right after stripping is done. And I read somewhere that I can choose to perform smoothing step after pre-conditioning step instead. What I would like to know is if I can skip sanding, to smooth out the surface, until after applying :
a) stain to surface?
b) protective coat(in my case polyurethane satin finish)?
Best Answer
To raise the grain, you must:
Maybe this is what you heard about smoothing the surface...
tl;dr
a) No. b) No.
Read you product instructions.