Questions about and trouble with "the method" of machine refinishing
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12-27-2022Hey all, this is to anyone that has done Glenn's method of french polish on the shellac and Japan black old machines.
I have that old European ( 1929 Wittenberg ) singer 103 (industrial) and it had a lot of area's where what I though was shellac was dry and flaked off. I spent a lot of time last night trying to correct this and I ran into some problems. Using the Denatured alky and Boiled linseed and a soft cotton cloth.... the rubbing produced no tackiness and resulted in little piles of flakes kind of building up , the old finish was not melting and redistributing it was just continuing to flake. Am I doing it wrong ? did I not do it long enough or are the Euro machines finished in something else.
Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.
Dan
I have that old European ( 1929 Wittenberg ) singer 103 (industrial) and it had a lot of area's where what I though was shellac was dry and flaked off. I spent a lot of time last night trying to correct this and I ran into some problems. Using the Denatured alky and Boiled linseed and a soft cotton cloth.... the rubbing produced no tackiness and resulted in little piles of flakes kind of building up , the old finish was not melting and redistributing it was just continuing to flake. Am I doing it wrong ? did I not do it long enough or are the Euro machines finished in something else.
Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.
Dan
