I used a spray can of Shellac to finish a maple surface. Usually
shellac dries very quickly, within hours or even less. However, after
4-5 DAYS, I still can leave fingerprints in the surface of the finish.
Does the spray can put some additives in it that would inhibit curing?
Did it go on too thick? (That's never been a problem for me before
with wipe-on or brushed.)
I don't like using an can of spray since I can't control the cut, but
I find spraying gives the most even application for me. Maybe Santa
will bring me a HVLP for Christmas???
Indyrose
>I used a spray can of Shellac to finish a maple surface. Usually
>shellac dries very quickly, within hours or even less. However, after
>4-5 DAYS, I still can leave fingerprints in the surface of the finish.
The shellac is old. You are going to have to strip it all off and do it again.
You are better off getting shellac flakes and mixing it with alcohol. The stuff
has a shelf life of maybe 6 months.
I was overambitious and thought I'd use alot of shellac this year, so I have
several quarts of pre-mix 3 lb cut shellac...
I also bought flakes though, which I think I'll stick to from now on. .
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The software said it ran under Windows 98/NT/2000, or better.
So I installed it on Linux...
"DarylRos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >I used a spray can of Shellac to finish a maple surface. Usually
> >shellac dries very quickly, within hours or even less. However, after
> >4-5 DAYS, I still can leave fingerprints in the surface of the finish.
>
> The shellac is old. You are going to have to strip it all off and do it
again.
> You are better off getting shellac flakes and mixing it with alcohol. The
stuff
> has a shelf life of maybe 6 months.
Mine is stored in garage fridge both flakes and mixed.
On 09 Dec 2003 19:10:08 GMT, [email protected] (DarylRos) wrote:
>>I used a spray can of Shellac to finish a maple surface. Usually
>>shellac dries very quickly, within hours or even less. However, after
>>4-5 DAYS, I still can leave fingerprints in the surface of the finish.
>
>The shellac is old. You are going to have to strip it all off and do it again.
>You are better off getting shellac flakes and mixing it with alcohol. The stuff
>has a shelf life of maybe 6 months.