I need some help understand the various finishes used for cherry wood. It seems that BLO is a very popular first coat and a dewaxed shellac or wax for the finish coat. It has also been recommened to use the dewaxed shellac (1lb cut) as a seal coat if you are going to stain.
First is the Zinsser Bulls Eye Shellac a dewaxed shellac? The label does not indicate either. Is there another preferred Shellac other than Zinsser (Got this at Woodcraft)? Also, why use dewaxed? When would you use waxed?
I know most really like the natural finish of cherry but I had to use some sapwood streaked boards in my project and while the cherry heartwood darkens those with some sapwood obviously are dark and light. Any suggestion on how to get the color in the sap wood?
Thanks.