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Lacquer Finish Left a white residue
August 25, 1999

* I just finished a honduran mahogany desk using a cellulose lacquer finish. I noticed the parts that I didn't fill with a wood filler has a white residue left…
Padding Shellac-problems
August 23, 1999

* I have been trying to pad shellac, with fair success. The problem I have most of the time is that the shellac seems to get sticky almost imediately. Should…
Padding Shellac-problems
August 23, 1999

* I have been trying to pad shellac, with fair success. The problem I have most of the time is that the shellac seems to get sticky almost imediately. Should…
Water finish verses oil
August 23, 1999

* Am somewhat new at woodworking, and find the joy of building, offset by the woes of finishing. I have tried water finish, and get more brush marks than I…
Water finish verses oil
August 23, 1999

* Am somewhat new at woodworking, and find the joy of building, offset by the woes of finishing. I have tried water finish, and get more brush marks than I…
Refinishing Heywood Wakefield
August 22, 1999

* I recently purchased a vintage Haywood Wakefield dinette set. The set consists of a table and four chairs along with a china hutch. It is made of solid birch…
Refinishing Heywood Wakefield
August 22, 1999

* I recently purchased a vintage Haywood Wakefield dinette set. The set consists of a table and four chairs along with a china hutch. It is made of solid birch…
Measuring shellac flakes for differen…
August 20, 1999

* Any tricks to make small quantities (1 quart) of 2 or 4 lb cuts of shellac, without having to get a chemists' scale to actually weigh out the ounces…
Measuring shellac flakes for differen…
August 20, 1999

* Any tricks to make small quantities (1 quart) of 2 or 4 lb cuts of shellac, without having to get a chemists' scale to actually weigh out the ounces…
How Can I Get The Shine Back?
August 20, 1999

* I have a bedroom set (37 years old) of what we then called fruitwood. Recently, I've noticed that the tops of the pieces are very dull. I'm guilty of…

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