Oh wow, @mitchell.wade... I actually used to do that, but you're totally right. It really is annoying to scroll past all the clutter.

Oh man, my friend once spent an entire evening trying to fix a weird indent. It was because she had a single hidden tab character in her header that messed up the whole document when she saved it as a PDF. She was ready to throw her computer out the window.

Honestly think you missed out with the lacquer. That spray stuff is way more durable for a piece that gets daily use, and it dries in minutes, not days. Shellac can get wrecked by a spilled glass of water.