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I’m replacing a birdseye maple top on a serpantine chest for a client, I need to match the exsisting case and don’t want the stain blotching, so do I use thinned shellac as a sealer, then lightly sand, then stain (gel stain) ? Will this give proper results?
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cortland,
It sounds like a good idea, I've had problems with blotchy stain jobs myself. Take some scrap pieces, and a 1# cut of shellac(very thin) and give it a whirl. You may find that the piece stains much differently than you assume after the seal coat, it has happened to me previously.
good luck,
j
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