On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:38:20 -0400, C. McArdle wrote:

>Will you post more about the finishing you're doing - I am thinking about
>shellac over oil (on ash), so the particulars of what you've done/are doing
>are of interest.

I successfully used shellac over oil on a fiddleback maple handle for a 
pigsticker mortise chisel.  I used a different technique than was recently 
described, however.  After water-based dye, I used linseed oil+mineral 
spirits, wiped off, and just let it dry enough for the mineral spirits to 
evaporate.  Then I applied a few coats of shellac.  Even though the oil hadn't 
dried completely, it seems to have worked just fine.  The oil really popped 
the figure.


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