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   ChasStanford | Dec 27, 2002 03:17pm | #1

   Curious about the "hassle" associated with orange shellac - would you care to clarify that?

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   splinter26 | Dec 29, 2002 12:09pm | #4

   Chasstanford,

   I guess "hassle" was the wrong word to use. I merely meant that the shellac product has some limitations in application and durability. Many of the homes that I work on in this area have the orange shellac finish and I have found it a challenge in the past to match adjacent finishes when installing new work. I guess I just enjoy using the lacquer based products because of my familiarity with them. Sorry for the confusion in terminology.

   Thanks,

   Kevin Doyle

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   DonaldCBrown | Dec 27, 2002 04:02pm | #2

   There products are used throughout the world in re-finishing and restoration businesses. If interested I would be glad to give info on how to get a catalogue or visit their website at http://www.kwickkleen.com 

   Why not contact Taunton's advertising department and make an honest payment for your message?

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   splinter26 | Dec 29, 2002 12:01pm | #3

   Mr. Brown,

   I have no affiliation with the Restorco Company and am merely a fan of the product. Unless you are a moderator for this web site I don't see what business it is of yours if I try to share with the visitors to this site a product I have used with success and convenience. I am a contractor and frequently use this product in my line of work. I take offense to your suggestion that I am trying to receive free advertisement for a product that I PAY for myself.

   Kevin Doyle 

   Edited 12/29/2002 4:17:35 AM ET by splinter

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   UncleDunc | Dec 29, 2002 05:39pm | #5

   Don isn't the only person who thought your message might be an ad. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between an enthusiastic endorsement and an ad. The thing that made me suspicious was where you invited people to get in touch with you to find out how to get a catalog. Many, many ads give only enough information to get the reader interested and then make him call or write to get more information. Whenever I see a message that withholds information that readers would clearly find useful, like how to get a catalog, I have to suspect it's an ad.

   Even those of us who are not forum moderators make it our business to discourage ads. In my opinion, it is entirely legitimate for us to do so. We don't like reading ads. We especially don't like reading ads disguised as impartial endorsements. I'm glad to hear that your message was not an ad, but on the evidence, Don wasn't obviously mistaken to interpret it that way.

   I'm sorry to hear that you were offended by the response to your message. If you can make it a little more obvious that you are posting an endorsement and not an ad, you will probably get fewer offensive responses.

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   Gretchen | Dec 29, 2002 06:18pm | #6

   For what it is worth I thought the post was very interesting about a product I had never heard of (no surprise there) and could see absolutely NO connection between the post and an ad.  I thought the reply amazing--like "What is that all about?" 

    I will also say I have AOL as my ISP which REALLY comes down on ads and so do the regular posters to various boards--I hate ads.Gretchen

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   splinter26 | Dec 29, 2002 07:57pm | #7

   I must admit in hindsight my post was a bit suspicious looking  I suppose, however, after going back and reading some of Don's previous posts/replies it looks as though this  type of response is a common practice of his. I enjoy this forum and will continue to read the posts of genuine woodworking enthusiasts and I'll try to ignore the responses of folks like Don. It's amazing what some people will say when they are able to hide behind the anonymity of a computer monitor.

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   Splintie | Dec 29, 2002 09:13pm | #8

   Hi, Kevin. I've been getting some of your mail. <G>

   I, too, thought your post was an advertisement; i just didn't see it as a threat to the security of the western world. Please be advised that the positions of self-appointed arbiter of good taste and woodworking enthusiast are not mutually exclusive, though one wonders at times which hat fits better. It could be worse: the spelling police on Cook Stalk would have arrested you by now. 

   I read through the Kwik Kleen site bec i was intrigued about a lacquer that converts to a urethane. I found this, but it sounds merely like a fast-drying polyurethane, though it says it melts the previous coat--interesting in light of another thread recently about semi-gloss polys and sand-through. I didn't find "Amberlac" in my look-see, but without a search feature i may have missed it. A little too much new/improved hype for my taste, and their "distrubution centers" look surprisingly shabby for an *international* company. I guess this is why i don't mount a picture of my shop on my website: i'd never get another job if people saw what it looked like.

   Regards,

   Colleen

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   bill_1010 | Dec 30, 2002 06:28pm | #9

   I thought it was a shameless self plug too. 

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   Splintie | Dec 31, 2002 01:55am | #10

   Hi, Kevin. I got your email and tried to reply, but it bounced. As far as email for you that i got by mistake, it was along the lines of people noticing i had a new service to provide...hmm!...but that was just bec our nicknames on this site are similar. Nothing from off the forum, though.

   Thanks for the further information; i especially appreciate hearing your experience with sprayers. Good luck with your endeavors in the new year. I'll now turn this thread back to the troll-hunters.