Blogs about: French Polish
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Sanding Sealers (part one)
Dewaxed Shellac acts as a very useful sealing coat. It’s particularly useful when sealing those surfaces that may be contaminated by silicone spray, from household aerosol cleaners and other con… more →
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Smith & Roger Wood Finishes
Olly Parry-Jones wrote 2 weeks ago: Apologies for my silence recently. Truth is, I’ve been quite busy with other things and haven … more →
Zebrano guitar
Christopher Martyn wrote 2 months ago: The guitar that I have been writing about in my last few posts is now, more or less, completed. It … more →
Sanding Sealers (part one)
alanpoliver wrote 6 months ago: Dewaxed Shellac acts as a very useful sealing coat. It’s particularly useful when sealing thos … more →
Oil Stain
alanpoliver wrote 9 months ago: Oil The advantage of oil stains, is that these are readily available in hardware stores. They come i … more →
Shellac
alanpoliver wrote 9 months ago: It’s History It remains a mystery, how anyone could come up with the idea of using the excreti … more →
Continuing work
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fredkitbuilder wrote 11 months ago: Three pore filling sessions with pumice and denatured alcohol using a muneca led to 3 body sessions … more →
Decision Made!
fredkitbuilder wrote 11 months ago: This kit guitar building journey began one year ago this month. I have practiced finishes and have … more →
Finishing! What to Do?
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fredkitbuilder wrote 11 months ago: A full fall and early winter has kept me from work on the guitar. I haven’t done nothing, jus … more →
Experiments with shellac
Christopher Martyn wrote 1 year ago: Unfortunately, the shellac experiments failed to reproduce the problem that I had with the polish th … more →
Wrong diagnosis of the problem with the French polish
Christopher Martyn wrote 1 year ago: It looks as if I’m wrong about the problem with non-hardening shellac that I mentioned in my … more →
Repairing a damaged soundboard
Christopher Martyn wrote 1 year ago: French polish isn’t the most hard-wearing finish for a guitar and it’s time consuming to … more →
Finishing the Box
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Eric wrote 1 year ago: I have to admit, since I finished with the actual woodworking part of my wife’s box, and prese … more →
