[VAC] Re: cabinet finish

[Webmaster <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Finishes adhere to the cabinet surface by one of two methods.
1) grabbing a microscopic foothold in all the nooks and crannies in the
pores of the wood surface, or
2) dissolving the finish already applied & mixing chemically.

Since the pores are already filled with the oil finish, and the natural and
newer synthetic resins don't mix well together, any foothold the applied
finish gets is by whatever superficial boundary layer adhesion occurs.  I've
seen that UV destroys this attraction quickly, resulting in the cabinets
getting a mottled look, and in some cases, the poly will come off in sheets.

That's it, just caveats as to what to expect down the road.

RJ