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See if these help you with the basic ideas. These won’t show you how to do this by hand, but they’ll convey the notion of grit vs. sheen, the need for enough build, and the need for curing. I confess to chickening out on learning to rub out finishes. I’ve yet to see a believable demonstration for how to rub out to satin or semigloss when there are details like edge profiles, mouldings, etc. So, I rely on finishes with flatting agents instead, but I really want to learn how to rub out theses more complicated things.
I’ve studied with Charles at his shop. His methods work, the information is reliable, but the methods do tend to come from a production environment, so they can be hard to figure out how to use in a small shop.