Orange shellac need help

[David Love]

For table tops, I think it's better to use shellac in the French polishing
style by rubbing a thinner cut (2lb) with wadding or cheese cloth and steel
wool between coats.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 6/7/2003 8:25:59 PM
> Subject: Orange shellac need help
>
> I am refinishing a solid oak table top about the size of a large
> upright bottom panel or "kick board" as it is sometimes called on
> the old " high back pianos".
>
> Its out of the can 3lb cut.  It is splotchy because of the
> overlaps and it dries too fast to brush out the whole top.   Is
> there a way to get rid of the splotchy areas by brushing with
> denatured alcohol?  Or is sanding better?  It is hard to tell if
> it will be splotchy when applying because of the different rates
> of drying.
>
> Why is it so hard for me to get a table top uniform when they used
> to do large   oak floors and those look uniform?
>
> Thanks
>     Richard Moody
>
>
>
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