Thanks for all of the kind notes and for even looking at these pictures. I may never start another thread - lol.
For every three coats of clear, at least two were sanded off. The lacquer I used was very thin, dried quickly, and could be sanded a couple of times each day. Makes a lot of dust. Sanding grits varied from 320 to 400 to 800.
The flash obscured the serial number but it was inked on with a grocery store counter. I made up a serial number and set the counter after making several stamps on paper to be sure the tool was inked up. I was going to use the year of my birth but instead I used my birthday for the last four digits as there is a real 9 1951, the burst that sold at the Skinner Auction for BIG bucks about eighteen months ago. So far, the REAL 9 12XX hasn't shown up yet in the Burst Serial Registry which makes this the real one. (Yeah, right!!!!)
This picture doesn't look a lot different than the last view like this but the clear is building up and the finish is getting smoother with each sanding.
