I've decided to try shellac on a very small project. Can you check my work?
I couldn't get flake in time, only found bull's eye waxed stuff in a can.
I've padded it on with clean t-shirt pad, it leaves some heavy "brush" marks when used straight from the can, much less when I cut it from 3# to 2# cut per Zinsser instructions.
The plan is to apply a few coats, lightly sanding between, then lightly rub with 0000 steel wool to remove any final marks and knock down the gloss.
The wood has a lot of figure around a knot, can't really sand with the grain on this particular board so I sanded to 600 before finish.
So far I've only put one coat on, figured I'd ask if I'm missing anything. This is what I extrapolated from various posts.
Thanks!