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Gregory
 Post subject: Re: PROJECT TEARS
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:01 pm 
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I wish I was there to help - I so want a drum project... :)


I actually looked for a "like" button Goki


And hit "return"

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Geez look at those shells. Very nice.


Thanks, Kel. Pretty, aint they? Something in the photography accentuates the red, so they're bit less yahoo orange, a little more sober.

The finish looks raw to me yet. This is about 6 coats of 2 pound cut (as its known, that designates shellac flake to alcohol ratio). Of course when you are padding the finish on, you don't actually coat everything, so maybe 3 coats actually.

They will get about two more sessions and then a knock down with 400 grit, followed by a 1 pound cut (twice the alcohol) for a few more coats to hide the 400 grit sanding scratches.

Then a knock down with 0000 steel wool, and coated with a dark furniture wax. Shellac is the only finish I'm aware of that looks like there's no finish on the wood but still has a deep luster. Lovely stuff. Thank you bugs.

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Goki wrote:
Wow!!!!!!!!

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o


I wish I was there to help - I so want a drum project... :)


Man, wouldn't that just be great! Do you like a good cigar? :D or reasonably good Scotch? :D :D :D It is difficult to pad shellac on a cylinder. The secret of padding shellac is never stopping and never lifting the pad off the surface. I am learning to walk the shell with the fingers of my left hand while padding with my right. Yikes! :o

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Wait!! There's an offer of cigars and scotch on the table? That sounds much better than work to me!

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:18 pm 
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What a great project, and those shells look incredible

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Thanks, Nick. I'm a little slowed by need to do other things, and by the weather which has gone cold again. But that's okay, I get to sand a little each day, and by Monday, when the sun comes back out and it becomes seasonably warm, I'll have the shells ready for the last few coats.

The only problem is that I have too much time to think about what could go wrong. :lol: :oops: :lol:

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:shock: Absolutely gorgeous veneers. Great job, Gregory. I wish you had have been down here to do my Makassar Phonics.
Just stunning. Well done. :D

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A fantastic job...

Congratulations Gregory... :)

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Kelly wrote:
Tap tap tap

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