Thanks again Mikey , you do I admit make the process sound much more simple then many other posts I’ve read . Right now I have about 9 or 10 Singers waiting for some love . All a hundred years or older. Probably 2 , maybe 3 will probably end up in the parts category. I’m looking forward to trying this Hand Applied Shellac Method ( notice I didn’t use that FP word ) on one of these less fortunate machines . Hell , I only paid 8 dollars for the last one . How long would you wait in between coats , would a second coat even be necessary and if so would it soften the first coat while applying?