Originally Posted by
jljack
Hey Glenn -- can you take a quick look at the 15 in treadle cabinet I posted pic of a few pages back & give me some tips on redoing the finish? It's old varnish that has cracked and chipped. No damage to the wood at all. Thanks!
Actually it is shellac but to make sure if the finish softens with the denatured alcohol it is shellac. I would clean the cabinet first. You can use my tut on cleaning and reviving the finish. This will prep the finish for repair. Then on the bare spots where the finish is gone put some shellac on a rag with a little linseed oil as a lubricant and use a circular motion to apply the shellac then wipe with the grain of the wood. Do this until the level of the repair is even with the old. Let cure for about a week the wax with a paste wax.
Glenn