Some may remember my posts on shellac. Today, I sprayed shellac on a walnut case (24″ X 34″ X 72″. I used a two pound cut of orange shellac. My sprayer is an Accuspray 19.
Generally the shellac on the walnut was beautiful. I am not yet through with it and find I’m trying to shade out the stripes created because the shellac is thicker in the middle of my spray pass and I now have a slight tiger srtipe look. I know it is bound to be caused because my passes did not overlap adequately. I think that part can be corrected with practice.
The question is what to do now about the tiger stripes?
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From my limited experience , Alcohol will dissolve the shellac easily. If you wet a cloth with alcohol and wipe over the board, you should be able to even it out.
I suspect you can continue to shade out the differences. If you still are having problems spraying, you can pad on a few coats to concentrate on reducing the stripes. A little sanding might also help even things out.
If you are having trouble controlling the evenness of your spray passes you may want take a break and do your practice on cardboard. It's easier to work on the technique when you aren't also fussing about the results you are achieving on the piece itself.
Trying to rewet shellac and move it around is very difficult in my opinion. The danger is not getting it evenly dissolved and "rumpleing" the surface. That is unpleasant and extra work to fix.
Edited 9/6/2006 5:38 am ET by SteveSchoene
Edited 9/6/2006 5:38 am ET by SteveSchoene
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