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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: dwardo on January 25, 2012, 05:38:36 pm

Title: Finish help please.
Post by: dwardo on January 25, 2012, 05:38:36 pm

Hi all,

I have another cherry bow finished and i dont want to loose the colour too much or the lovely grain.
I fancy a shellac finish whi8ch isnt usualy my thing but i think it would help keep a lot of the woods natural beauty.
The question is.. how does this affect TB glues that i will be using to apply a silk backing?
Do i back first or shellac first?

Thanks in advance all.

PS i intend finishing with a wax to seal.

Title: Re: Finish help please.
Post by: dmikeyj on January 25, 2012, 05:58:23 pm

Back with silk first, then shellac.  Or use tru-oil, it does a nice job for grain.

Title: Re: Finish help please.
Post by: dwardo on January 25, 2012, 06:20:09 pm

Thanks.  :)

Title: Re: Finish help please.
Post by: Ifrit617 on January 25, 2012, 06:28:15 pm

ditto on the above.. Tru oil is by far my favorite finish...

Title: Re: Finish help please.
Post by: randman on January 25, 2012, 10:15:09 pm

Cherry is one of those woods (like Osage - I've only heard, don't know Osage myself) that will continue to age in the sunlight and get a rich beautiful red-brown color no matter what finish you use on it. Anything with linseed oil in it will age it even faster. Natural colored shellac will add a nice amber color before the aging starts while water-clear shellac is just that.