Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: I have had some troubles when trying to put a top coat of clear lacquer over the gold - using a non-lacquer is likely a good idea - someone wrote about shellac, perhaps the best idea of all. As much as I like and find many uses for shellac, I wouldn't consider it the best choice as a top coat for a plate. I would worry about 1. it being less resistant to marring (from tools, paper clips, pens, hair clips, etc) and to spills than many other finish choices; 2. I find it doesn't lay nearly as flat as other sprayable finishes; 3. is generally only available in gloss (you CAN create satin & semi with the addition of talc); 4. had better be pretty fresh if you want good performance; 5. and even the palest blond shellac will color the gold to some extent, although that may not be undesirable. While shellac is clearly a superior choice to many finishes in some applications, I just think there are too many superior alternatives to shellac for clear-coating a plate. Mark Potter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070427/f0b1dc81/attachment.html
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