JohnInKansas,
Thank you for typing the detailed instructions. I did read the label before obliterating it with paint. It said to allow the paint to dry overnight. It didn't. Well, some did, some didn't, but it all seems to be dry now, at least any of the parts that I touched on the top surface are dry. I'm hoping to do a better job with the next coat.

I found the unopened paint can in a cupboard in the basement. According to the price tag, it was purchased from a department store (not a paint store) which went out of business about 25 years ago.
I think for the next coat I'll need to buy a new can of paint. This project is getting to be much more costly than I expected.

Smokey,
Thank you for the advice about sanding between coats. I'll do that.   The former tacky parts are now fuzzier where dust (or maybe ash? -- we had a forest fire in town during the extended drying time) attached itself.   

rags