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| Author: | gxs [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | wax over shellac |
Does anyone have a favorite wax to recommend to put over a shellac finish? I want to put a final polish on a project. I have used McGuire's top coat safe before with some luck, but sometimes it clouds up. What do you use? Thanks, GS |
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| Author: | gxs [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
Thanks Filippo. Are you using 100% carnauba, or a blend?. The hardware down the street has a carnauba blend in the wood finish aisle, but there was other stuff in there I did not recognize. GS Filippo Morelli wrote: Depends. Carnauba or Briwax does the trick.
Filippo |
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| Author: | gxs [ Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
Fantastic, thanks. I'll look for it and give it a try. GS Filippo Morelli wrote: Carnauba can not be used at 100%. That's false marketing.
I use Zymol Carbon wax. Filippo |
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| Author: | B. Howard [ Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
I like Butchers Boston Polish, but any high quality furniture paste wax will do. Avoid bowling alley wax as it is not the right blend for this. |
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| Author: | gxs [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
Thanks Brian, I'll look for that also. GS B. Howard wrote: I like Butchers Boston Polish, but any high quality furniture paste wax will do. Avoid bowling alley wax as it is not the right blend for this.
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| Author: | gxs [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
I found Johnson Wax general purpose paste did not work well for me, clouded up quickly. I also don't like that the JW doesn't say what is in it on the tin. I also tried Howard's Feed -N- Wax, and while it was easy to work with I am not sure it left much of a wax coat over the shellac, which was already pretty shiny. Thanks guys, I'll pick up these products and give them a try. GS |
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| Author: | RTurner [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: wax over shellac |
I keep meaning to get some Renaissance Wax...a "microcrystalline" wax originally developed for the British Museum. Suppose to be "da bomb". |
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