tpyke

Some pretty good ideas here....

Do any of you guys have some pics of the wood after having applied either garnet shellac, orange shellac, amber shellac or cellulose?

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jerryc

Tpyke,


attached are photos as you requested.

The red vanity unit was made in Blue Gum which is a fairly dark wood and was finished in blond shellac into which I mixed a red dye. I used blond shellac shellac because I didn't want the colour to be changed by the shellac base.

The two photos of kitchen cabinet doors may interest you because they show the toughness of shellac. The wood is Jarrah which is a dark red wood and the finish is orange shellac with no stain. The kitchen cabinets have been in place right over the cook top and extractor fan and it took years for the finish to break down. It has since been repaired with no more than a wipe over with a shellac rubber. Another part of the kitchen has a kitchen door right next to the exhaust of the dishwasher. This is constantly subjected to hot caustic steam and has stood up to such treatment very well.

These examples were of shellac mixed for the job. I don't buy ready mixed shellac because once mixed shellac becomes hydroscopic, that is it begins to absorb water and becomes less resistant to moisture. I believe many problems people encounter with shellac stems from using over aged mixed shellac.

Jerry,
I can't answer for some of the cleaners in use now because my wife doesn't use them. She finds a wash with soap flakes and warm water is all she needs to use. But I take your point

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