Publisher's Synopsis
French polish is not a product. French sharpening, which is not a product, is a process of applying shellac on wooden furnishings, musical units or ornamental accents in lots of thin layer, commonly properly over one hundred. This outcomes in a excessive smooth, glass-clean, richly highlighted timber grain with a rich intensity. French polish has been around seeing that 1600, but it is hard work-extensive and has fallen out of favor these days. Although you may be tempted to take shortcuts and cheat, you may not be the use of sprays, brushes or sponges to achieve a French polish end. You won't be the usage of polyurethane, or some other hard-and-shiny modern-day timber sealers. To practice shellac, you will need a fabric dabber and a few basic substances.
Shellac is a substance that the lac bug, a species of scale insect from Asia, secretes. It may be used on any form of timber. However, it is going to be less difficult to attain a sleek, ideal French end on hardwoods with closed grain, including maple, cedar, and spruce. You will need to add pumice powder to fill inside the grain in case you are the use of it on open-grain woods like walnut, mahogany, or rosewood. This is an additional step to an already lengthy system.
There are many other approaches to complete wooden with a smooth gloss, consisting of varnish, polyurethane and high-gloss paints, however none of them have the equal intensity and richness as French polish.Discover more in this book.
