What Steve said, about never being happy and never getting the same good result twice in a row.
I love the Laurel Mountain products and use them a lot but have found that any enthusiastic rubbing WILL pull the filler right out of the pores, especially if the rubbing is done with the grain vs across it.
Much of smithing can fairly be described as applied science but IMO the stock finishing is definitely an art with only the barest lip service paid to anything scientific or logical or repeatable. Very frustrating sometimes.
Regards, Joe
