I put a seal coat of shellac over stain. Unfortunately, in one section the shellac has ridges where I must have not brushed out the shellac evenly. Any ideas how to get rid of the ridges before I put my final coat on?
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No finish expert here but I read a book or two once
With shellac being a hard finish (as oppose to slow drying and rubbery) you can use a card scraper to level it then maybe use a rag to rub on a couple of thin smooth layers ( just to make sure).
The cool guys ( and gals ) could dissolve the ridges with denatured alcohol and blend it smooth with a wadded up rag with a smooth rag cover. Kind of a french polishing thing. I think that sort of thing takes practice though. I definitely read you can remove runs etc from shellac with a properly sharpened card scraper though.
Scrape it
Try using a single edge razor blade as if it were a small card scraper to flatten the brush ridges in the applied shellac.
Frank
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