I've been looking for the numerous threads on folks finishing pine and have narrowed done a plan for finishing my bedframe.

The one comment I kept seeing for the initial stage is sticking with shellac. Maybe play around with garnet flakes as I do like the samples I've seen so far. Aside from the possible color change of the garnet flakes, I don't have any massive need to alter much else. Letting this age over time is just fine by me.

Given how fast shellac can dry, what is the average number of layers to apply in a day via spraying? (assuming ideal spraying conditions) overall?

One of the points mentioned about shellac though was needing to do a topcoat to achieve a semi-gloss or satin type sheen.

Have my earlex 5500 station ready to dig into this, but aside from shellac I'm not as familiar with what varnish is idea to spray for this scenario.

Could anyone offer some words of wisdom? specific topcoat product to look for? number of topcoats?

Thank you