Varnished fix stud

The varnishing stud, Also known as French polish or varnish wrist, is easily recognizable: it has a wonderful warm glow, lasts hundreds of years in perfect condition and to keep it, simply pass a dry cloth. But alas, breaks down on contact with water. Furniture varnish stud is very complicated that only sand learn with age and experienceBut to repair the damage you may suffer a varnish of this kind is something available to everyone.

To fix a surface coated with shellac to stud (the shellac-based varnish is a scale-like image, which is diluted in alcohol) is only necessary to have the following materials: uNo piece of cloth and clean white shirt, erases muñequillas or wool, sandpaper No. 400, mineral oil, alcohol or denatured alcohol to varnishor (can also serve than 96 º) shellac flakes. The shellac is prepared by covering the flakes with alcohol in a glass vial, and adding three fingers more alcohol to the mix.

The shellac hydrate one day left, Turning the jar occasionally, when it is ready to be cast with half or gauze.

If a lost stud varnished gloss We can polish the surface again splashing a few drops of mineral oil and rubbing with the stud, lightly soaked in alcohol, making eight in the direction of the grain until you shine. In the event that a glass or a pot no longer a fence in the paint, should be carefully sanding the entire surface in the direction of the grain and “paint” the fence with shellac to fill. Then, once again dry sand and dotted with oil varnish, to re-polishing it as directed.