Thanks all, and to Ed and Adam.
I was using shellac pretty steadily on restoration work as well as new stuff,
and went with the traditional wine bottle with a grooved cork. A bit like your
modern sauce bottles, but 200 years ago - you grab it, upend it, and just enough
comes out onto the fad to keep polishing - or you shake it over a saucer if
you’re working the pad face first.
I too had stuff mixed and usable after a two year spell, but I used the 2lb cut
for this - because it was still there - instead of mixing fresh. I bought a new
50 litres of alcohol two months back ready to get back into ‘production’ but
hadn’t mixed up fresh. I’d forgotten the glass - I’ll go try some on the last
of that bottle.
I knew better then, and I know even better now. Just spent time with neat
alcohol and cloths removing the surface. See what tomorrow brings.
Keep on shining…
Richard
Wilson
Yorkshireman galoot
in Northumberland
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