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Vent: My first attempt at a French polish went sideways in the middle of a job
I was working on a mahogany table in my garage last Tuesday, and the pad started dragging because I let the shellac get too thick. I just stopped, wiped it all down with some alcohol, and started the bodying stage over from scratch... Has anyone else had to restart a polish halfway through?
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the_alex5mo ago
Oh man, my buddy did that on a guitar body. He had to strip the whole back and start fresh.
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barbara_jenkins665mo ago
Mahogany is a cruel teacher, isn't it? That shellac turns to glue in a heartbeat. I had a pad stick so bad once it left a perfect lint pattern, like a fossil in the finish. Starting over is the only move, even though it feels like admitting defeat to a piece of furniture.
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elliot_roberts3mo ago
Yeah, "admitting defeat to a piece of furniture" hits hard. It's like that with a lot of stuff though, isn't it? Sometimes you gotta eat the loss and start over just to get it right.
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