Disappearing Fiebings Antiquing

[bison]

Well, this is a new one to me. I got a piece carved and stamped for a portfolio cover. Dyed it with Fiebings pro oil as usual, got the color I wanted and let dry for 24 hours. Then applied Acrylic Resolene as a resist...three thin coats, allowing time to dry between each coat and then another 24 hours for the last coat. Applied Fiebings Antiquing past, same as always, the wiped off the excess. The piece looked good, I went to bed. This morning I came back to it and it looked like the cat had licked all the antiquing off the piece! Not possible since she can't get in my shop, so where did it go? Just a few places where it lingered, but for the most part completely gone. I'm hand dying the background now to give it the depth I want since I need to finish this piece and move on, but what happened? I've used it plenty of times, in fact, antiqued another piece last night, along with this one, and it turned out just fine. It's a puzzle to me, so I hope you all have some insights so i don't repeat what I'm sure is "user error"!

Dave

[Hilly]

Maybe you have an invisible cat hanging around?

This is seriously weird. Maybe the light last night was playing tricks with your eyes?

[bison]

At this point I'm ready to believe anything!