How I applied a polycrylic that laid perfectly flat: I know you experts have your methods, but those methods did not work for me. You are experts and I don't have your years of practice.

I have a color coat I am using while refinishing bathroom cabinets. It required a water based poly coat on top. I tried MANY things to get a smooth poly finish. I will not go into everything I tried but it was a long failed list.

At Lowe's, the guy said use a foam brush, of course that is a common approach. Problem is that foam is formed by bubbles and when the foam is cut the bubbles are sliced like the bubbles in bread when you slice it. This again produces lines, less than clumping brush fibers but lines none the less.

I was ready to switch to General Finishes brand because they have a time extender. The stuff I was using dried too fast, I thought.

But while I was getting ready to buy GF poly, my wife stopped in the Dollar Store. While she looked for cards, I checked out their foam brushes. They had none. But as I was walking down the aisles I saw a product called Quick Erasers ... 2 in a box for $1. They are like Mr. Clean Magic erasers. I looked at the eraser and found that it is the tightest foam I have ever seen. Micro-holes.

I bought and tested them. Amazing results. I checked the 4 long sides and picked the perfect edge. Put poly in a foil lined paper plate and dipped an edge in the poly. It absorbed a lot of poly. I quickly passed the eraser over the door. No lines, quick, quick, quick. Did not have to re-dip because it held such a nice amount of poly and it did one door completely. Wet edges stayed wet because it went so fast.

Each pass produced foam on the eraser (not the door), so I tapped it off on a newspaper as I went.

I used the 2nd dry eraser to do clean up on any poly that dripped on the door edge. Fastest, smoothest finish I ever did.

Always test first.