I'm so glad Deb and Ed. And I am appreciating this outlet for my expressive needs. I get a great deal of enjoyment out of this sort of thing, especially in written form. All the better when others are enjoying it as well and something constructive is being accomplished!
I allowed the first coat of finish to dry overnight and then went out with steel wool in hand. We're kind of rustic finishers - not fine furniture, and so in a regular garage, with opening overhead doors, and unfinished concrete, in windy Wyoming, our finishes are not going to be perfect. In fact DW doesn't do much in between finish coats and yet turns out some wonderful pieces! Me - I still like to steel wool with 0000 between finish coats. But that does create a lot of finish dust and steel wool droppings to remove prior to the next coat.
So after a light steel wool buffing I vacuumed all the surfaces, beginning and ending with those that are horizontal and had caught the most debris, then used a tack cloth to gather any more small particles, and finally finished up with a lacquer thinner dampened rag to remove the strange wax-like substance left by the tack cloth. I've never been able to get that stuff off my hands by washing except by using lacquer thinner. Yes, I use lots of lotion!
The next three photos show a progression, starting first with a steel wool buffed surface, then a thinner washed surface, and finally with a second coat of finish applied.
The next three pics include some portion of the damaged ceiling panel edges (the back edge that attaches to the camper back wall). It's feeling pretty secure and some treatment to the other side is still to come prior to back wall assembly.
Here's an end shot of a cabinet interior.
This shot shows the difference between the treated ceiling, and an as yet untreated archway board between the main room and the cab-over bedroom.
This is the area in which I had cut out the wood below the original bathroom door opening and moved it upward, then making the short side piece for fill. It turned out nicer than I expected, especially with the areas of wood filler in those joints. To recall a little, the larger opening will be covered by a donor drawer front acting as a swing down door for under shower utility access, while the smaller opening will take on at least a vent cover, and eventually a small low current draw 12v fan operated by a thermostat in the basement to warm the gray tank and associated plumbing during freezing temperatures (heated basement).
Dinette side.
Galley side (with closeup).
Over the next few days I'll be working out a few more finish items including: spot attention on poly-ed areas, priming the bathroom surfaces, painting the exterior surfaces of the wing assemblies and painting the interior side of the left back wall segment. I'll also be starting into some specific structural repairs of the roof/side-wall assembly as I prepare for installation of the right side wing assembly and camper back wall segments!
