Howard, I'll bring it along for our annual spring get together buddy.
Nathaniel, No hush-hush here my friend, maybe I'll try to document a finish along on a few one day. Most of it involves putting on and removing the first attempt because I don't like the results and then experimenting till I come up with something I like. That makes for a lot of extra steps that most of us don't want to have to do.
Eric, Thats right the edge of a razor blade to scrape away finish on the circles. I can't do circles freehand well so I cut out contact paper rounds and used the edges of those as a guide by scratching around the perimeter. That part of the project only took a bit over an hour to complete, so not to bad on my patience.
Thanks again to all for the comments, really a good feeling when this group appreciates your work.