It looks a bit haphazard to me - better to have overlapping rings of
paint, shellac, etc caused by cans that were poured and not wiped dry.
If you look at the benches of some very old furniture refinishers you'll
know to what I'm referring.

-- John

John Eaton http://modernwoodworking.blogspot.com "OK, any time they're
getting ready to light off seven-and-a-half million pounds of thrust
under you and you aren't a little bit anxious, you don't understand
what's going on."- John Young, 1981
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