It finally warmed up enough to go back to the garage. I finally finished this one, my wife is going to hang it on her wall at work. One of several pieces of Cherry my brother brought me when he came home for Thanksgiving. He showed me a 3-2-1 finish so that's what I've been using. I like the way it looks when it's dry. I cut the center 4-5 with a #4 skip tooth, then the rest with a # 3 spiral. ( don't look to close I haven't used one for awhile. ) The 3-2-1 is 3 parts mineral spirit, 2 part oil base poly and one part BLO. I don't remember who did the original quote but thank you-