<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:43:09 -0700 "Diane Hofstetter" <<A href="mailto:dianepianotuner@hotmail.com">dianepianotuner@hotmail.com</A>= > writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: = 10px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Dale,</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Me too,  I offer up my gratitude to all who suggested shellac!<= /DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>After two coats of spray shellac, sanding in between all coats, and = a coat of gold enamel, the fish-eyes are gone and tomorrow I can put the = top clear coat on.  Whew!   <IMG height=12 src="http://64.4.16.24/emsmile.gif" width=12></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Diane</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Diane -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm glad it worked out for you so well!  Yet another = alternative for you would be to mix bronze powder right in with the shellac and use that = as your finish, or at least as a primer/sealer coat that already has a = bronze color.  I have done it many times with good results every time.&nbsp= ; Use the palest color of shellac you can find, though, as a dark shellac will = yield a darker gold color when mixed with the powder.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shellac is a finisher's right hand man.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></= DIV> <DIV>  </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>