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266383 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2018‑08‑22 Re: A sticky finish
On 2018-08-22 11:05 AM, Ed Minch wrote:
> Great idea
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>> On Aug 22, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:
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>> My favorite innovation is putting Everclear in Tabasco bottles, which makes
it really easy to shake a drop or two out on the shellac pad (fill it using a
hypodermic syringe cylinder as funnel).


Good for small quantities. The guy who taught me years ago was a 
full-time refinisher. He used a cork with a groove cut along its length, 
stuck in a wine bottle. He was Italian, so the components were readily 
to hand!

Don

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