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Old 11-21-2013, 02:28 PM
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Cecilia S.
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Dear Glenn and all,

I did a first-coat of shellac today. It went fine! I think my shellac is perhaps more liquidy now than it should be; slightly runnier than SM oil. Glenn, is it better to err on the side of too thick or too thin? I am guessing too thin.

Because of the linseed oil, it looks falsely beautiful right now ;-) A few questions:

-How many coats of shellac is advisable?
-Do you find that almost every new finger-dip-of-shellac requires a new spot of fabric on the tee-shirt fabric?
-Super-light pressure, you really mean super light, don't you! I found that I was barely exerting pressing force at all.
-I finished the coat about an hour ago. It feel, of course, oily now from the linseed oil. I am not meant to naptha it between every coat, am I?

Thanks in advance.
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