hey guys, I actually built a dip tank because number one, it is so much faster in getting to that glass finish, and #2, its was just too easy. If you are going to hand rub the finish on, you can get a really nice finish with a lot of elbow grease....

hand rub 2 or 3 good base coats on then buff lightly with steel wool, then reapply until you got see the finish starting to build up with no voids. let it cure several days. It takes varnish a good 30 days to really cure hard enough to work unless you have a drying cabinet. After it is cured...WET sand with 2000 or 2500 grit automotive grade or jewelers grade sandpaper. then use a turtle wax swirl and grind remover compound to get the lustre back, followed by a buffing with 3M's Finesse-it III, and finish it off with either Waynes wax or find some of the TownTalk Orange wax, that stuff is killer....