My wood finish of choice for smaller projects over the last few years has been Deft satin spray lacquer.  Around early 2014 I  noticed it becoming harder and harder to find.  I am super curious to know what happened with it.  In my hand plane restoration project I used a cheaper gravity feed sandblaster from Harbor Freight and I really didn’t have good results with it.  I suppose the results I got from it were okay, but the quality and ease of use on the sandblaster were really lacking.  A sand blast cabinet would be a better option and is on my list of tools to get.  I am also running a tool giveaway that ends May 31st 2015.  So make sure to sign up.