Please don't stop. This is a great tutorial! My husband used to do this with crackled shellac and very fine very fine steel. As well, with refreshing and cleaning varnish. However he died 6 years ago and I can't remember what he actually did to bring his work such life. Thank you!
I’ve always used #0000 steel wool and sometimes t-shirt material soaked with denatured alcohol , I would work the old finish around until it was smoothed out evenly then let it thoroughly dry then apply a coat of varnish and or some shellac ….turns out beautiful once you get the knack of it
The side that was a lot smoother that you showed at the end, was that just from applying alcohol and sanding in between coats or did you put a new coat of shellac over it?
That would make sense in some scenarios, but this piece was badly weathered and I was hesitant to add additional shellac in case there was contamination.
Please don't stop. This is a great tutorial! My husband used to do this with crackled shellac and very fine very fine steel. As well, with refreshing and cleaning varnish. However he died 6 years ago and I can't remember what he actually did to bring his work such life. Thank you!
I spent weeks redoing a side board, I only I had known. Many thanks for the video. You picked up a new subscriber.
I’ve always used #0000 steel wool and sometimes t-shirt material soaked with denatured alcohol , I would work the old finish around until it was smoothed out evenly then let it thoroughly dry then apply a coat of varnish and or some shellac ….turns out beautiful once you get the knack of it
The side that was a lot smoother that you showed at the end, was that just from applying alcohol and sanding in between coats or did you put a new coat of shellac over it?
It has been a while since I did this piece, but I believe that had fresh shellac on it.
Would it make sense to add a layer of shellac first and then use the reamalgamation on top to get it smooth.
That would make sense in some scenarios, but this piece was badly weathered and I was hesitant to add additional shellac in case there was contamination.
Thank you for this video!
You are so welcome!