On 4/21/2012 11:06 AM, scott grandstaff wrote:
> Norm
> I am still "on the fence".
> Its not poly though.
> I don't think real laq is softened by alcohol either?
> So its probably shellac.
>
> Deft brushing lacquer is not lacquer! I don't know what it is, really. I
> suspect automotive clear coat (acrylic enamel??) or similar.
> But its no particle of traditional nitrocellulose laq, as in musical
> instruments, whatever it is.
>
> Open the deft and open a can of laq and your nose will surely know!
>
> Both shellac and laq are naturals for repair, since either bonds to the
> previous coats of itself, as if it was one.
>
> Its a little odd. You eyedropper or brush drop into the offending chasm,
> then when set, sand off 80% of what you deposited
> (it makes a wrinkly doughnut of finish all around the edge, most
> irritatingly I might add)
> taking wild care with the surface just adjacent.
>
> Then again. Sometimes 3 times to totally fill if the finish is deep.
>
> Pretty soon you can polish it back out bright and never know it was
> there at all.
>
> I wasn't able to do this the first time, without trouble.
> That's ok, there are always more coats possible.
> yours Scott
>

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