ArtMetal

Jake,

I have much the same experience that you do with shoddy so-called "craftsmen." I detest them and all their ilk.

Lightly scuff snad the bumps down to level, clean with a mild solvent like mineral spirits or ethanol and wipe down with a store-bought tack cloth and then re-shoot with the Permalac and you should be okay. I'd test the solvent wipe on the underside of a piece someplace where it won't show in case it pulls the finish any, of course. On the re-shoot, you probably should lightly fog on the first coat or two to make sure there is no intercoat sand-scratch swelling happening before you shoot the flood coats.

Best of luck with it. This is exactly why I do my own finishing and too many other things that really should be subbed out to a competent subcontractor; I can't find the mythical competent subcontractor.