A follow-up on some postings of quite a while ago regarding burnt shellac: I decided that I'd just try it out. I have an old (about 8 years) can of "Bulls Eye Seal Coat Universal Sanding Sealer 100% wax-free formula" shellac. My wife found a nice "oven-safe" ceramic dish, about 5" x 5" and 1/2" deep--very shallow. I poured enough to cover the bottom nicely and lit it, as one would a Sterno can, and let it burn out. Lovely sticky residue. A throwaway brush (e. g. Pianotek #BR-12) to apply it , and those understring felts go right in with no muss, no fuss. Fast. ! BTW, I am under the distinct impression that most liquid shellac has a very short shelf-life as a finish material. This doesn't seem to be an issue with burnt shellac as an adhesive. Makes me wonder if this came from the "what do I do with it now that it's too old" school of invention. As always, I'd be grateful for any improvements to this process, or any comments as to why I might not want to keep doing it. Seems to work pretty well. Doug Wood School of Music University of Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081112/107f135a/attachment.html>
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