Finish for wine bottle stoppers?

[Neil McWilliams]

Sound advice.

[James A. Brown]

Thanks for the help but now this gives me another question. I have about 10 of the bottle stoppers already finished with Mylands friction polish and will need to re-finish them. Looks like the CA will be where I go now and in the future for the wine bottle stoppers. Will it be possible to use the CA over the Mylands or will that have to be removed first? Thanks, Jim

[John K Jordan]

Thanks for the help but now this gives me another question. I have about 10 of the bottle stoppers already finished with Mylands friction polish and will need to re-finish them. Looks like the CA will be where I go now and in the future for the wine bottle stoppers. Will it be possible to use the CA over the Mylands or will that have to be removed first? Thanks, Jim

Almost anything will go over shellac, in face shellac is sometimes used on purpose under a variety of finishes. I have not tried CA over shellac but it should be easy enough to test. Remove any wax first and maybe scuff any gloss with fine sandpaper or steel wool. Apply the CA and test it with alcohol.

You could also remove the Mylands with denatured alcohol and a cloth. I've done this several times on a finish gone bad, sometimes applying a different finish like lacquer instead. The surface might need more fine sanding or steel wool.

BTW, this is a great article about shellac by Bob Flexner, an acknowledged finishing expert:
https://www.woodshopnews.com/columns...-all-just-hype

JKJ

[Mel Fulks]

I just read that Flexner piece. It's pretty curmudgeonly. Homer Formby doesn't like shellac!! The title should have been
"Why I Hate Shellac". He mentioned nothing about its reversibility; conservators always do.