How to Finish the Top of a Shuffleboard

Pour a mixture that is 70 percent lacquer and 30 percent thinner into a spray gun.

Brush a heavy coat of lacquer (not the spray mixture) onto the board. Let the coat sit for a few seconds, then wipe it off with paper towels until the board is dry. Dip a paper towel in thinner and wipe the board once more. Let the board dry for 30 minutes.

Buff the board with 0000-grade steel wool. Buff the entire surface evenly.

Coat the board with a layer of the lacquer/thinner mixture that's thick but not runny. Wait three minutes before spraying an additional coat, and another three minutes before spraying a third coat. Let the three coats dry for two hours.

Buff the board until it's smooth and all the blemishes and uneven sections disappear.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 two more times.

Pour another mixture into the spray gun that is 2 parts thinner and 1 part lacquer.

Spray another coat using the new mixture. Wait five minutes before spraying a second coat with the new mixture. Let the board dry for two days.

Buff the board with 0000-grade steel wool.

Pour water over 1,000-grit sand paper and sand the surface of the board. Sand progressively with finer grits, 1,500 then 2,000, pouring water over each new piece of sand paper.

Polish the board with wet 4F pumice. Use a piece of cloth as a polishing pad.

Wet a rotten stone and polish the board again.

Polish one final time with the rotten stone, this time lubricating it with mineral oil rather than water.

Buff the board with a clean cloth.