Hard Shellac Application

[Gumby]

Thanks everyone for your help - I am much better informed now and can approach the final stages with confidence.

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No probs. There's nothing like learning from somebody else's mistakes !

Zitan is right about leaving the work for a few days after applying the shellac. That info is also in Neil's book.

Happy finishing.

[Ben from Vic.]

I am going to have to stain the new piece of timber to blend in a little better, but once that is done ( in the throws of choosing the right colour - leaning towards a honey oak colour I have seen in a gel stain), into it I am.

This one rang an alarm bell, will this stain work with shellac?

I could just be paranoid. Just hate to see it all go wrong after such good advice.

Anyone?

Ben.

[Sturdee]

I know that we should be using 100% IMS and not the 95% domestic metho, but I have never had a problem with blooms etc in the past from using 95%.

We use ordinary metho straight from Bunnies. Having read the polishers bible I asked about this and was told that this only became an issue if we worked continuously on a project without sufficient breaks for drying out and hardening of the polish.

The instructor is a craftsman of the old school having been a furniture restorer for about 40 years and expects us to get the items to a piano gloss finish without any wax finish.

BTW I am also worried that the stain you are considering would not be suitable so I would try it out on a separate piece first.

[mickspry]

[quote=Ben from Vic.]This one rang an alarm bell, will this stain work with shellac?

I could just be paranoid. Just hate to see it all go wrong after such good advice.

Anyone?

I often use gel stains under shellac and have no probs however i use a couple of brush coats first befor I start to rub with a pad

Mick