Originally Posted by
asgardner
Do I use denatured alcohol and shellac or boiled linseed oil and shellac?
This is a fair question. In some places, in this tutorial or the other one, it says the llinseed oil and shellac and some (like this one) say alcohol and shellac.
Shellac flakes are disolved in alcohol to become usable. Most of us skip this step and buy the premixed shellac. I think I saw such a thing in one of your pictures. To spread it evenly - we add a little linseed oil. It helps it glide. Shellac wants to stick.