I'm making a potato/onion/garlic bin that will reside in our kitchen. I wanted a light wood to match the golden oak cabinets. I went to my preferred lumber supplier and saw some maple that I thought would work. Some curly maple found it's way in the stack, so I grabbed some. This is the first time using maple and I'm enjoying it. Since I've never finished it before (and I'm a novice at finishing) I did a little research and settled on an approach used by Marc Spagnuolo on a pencil holder. He put transtint in some 1/2 lb cut shellac and wiped it on. He then sanded it and applied Seal-a-cell over it. That seems simple as a start for me and his end result was really nice. Problem is I'm not sure how much transtin
to use. He put about 7 drops in half a dixie cup .

So, what would be a good amount to use in 8 oz of shellac? Unfortunately I don't have any decent sized cut-offs to test with.

thanks, Rob