My current recipe for finishing projects is to start with two coats of Minwax Provincial stain, allow one week to cure then move on to a wipe-on poly.
The wipe-on poly is applied with a lint free cotton cloth, allowed to dry for at least 4 hours, then sanded lightly with 220 grit sandpaper. After sanding I wipe the project down with another cotton rag moistened with a bit of paint thinner to pick up all the dust, then apply one or two more coats of the poly.
This weekend I only had time to get one coat of poly on, followed by sanding. I'll clean up the project and get a few more coats on during the week.
We did get out to look for material for the cushions. We didn't have success finding a local leather supplier but found another lead that I'll check out this week. The most usable fabric we found was a leatherette material that had a tan marbleized finish. $10/yd is very cheap and we could easily change it out if we found later that we didn't like the colour (need about 4 yards). Ideally we are looking for a dark brown leather. The one dealer said he could order in leather but we could only get it by the 'hide' and a hide costs $600.
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