Peter Pii wrote:
Thanks for responding Michael.
this is what I've done
squegeed 2 coats egg white
sanded level
applied shellac not thinned
leveled with the oil
spirited off.
My concern now is if there is oil in the pores will egg or ca even adhere.
or should I just sand it all off?
Peter
So I assume you used the oil as a lubercat for level sanding. Do I have this right? When you say applied shellac do you men a sel coat or as a fully completted finish . If as a seal coat just a very light sanding with 400p to knock down edges or a good firm spirit-off with alcohol would have be fine for a seal coat, no need to level at that stage. How was the shellac applied? padded, French polished sprayed or brushed. the odds are if we are talking a seal coat and not a full finish then a good naptha wipe down followed by a stiffing will remove any oil that may be present. If we are talking a complete shellac finish the same will apply.
I have to say that I have never heard of using Olive oil as a wet sanding lubercant before. I have been french polishing for some 35+ years and have used olive oil as a boding lube during the French polish process most of those years. but never as a level sanding lubercant.
For future projects let me reccommend either a few drops of dish water soap in a pint of RO water for wet sanding (the soap is all the lubercant needed) or a table spoon of K1 kerocene in a pint of RO water.
When you use a french polish method of appling shellac you only use a eye drop or two of oil each muneca load up. the oil stays on the surface of shellac and is removed with each proceeding spirit-off session.
I have to say that you process of using olive oil to level is not othadox in my knowlage base and is not at all intuitive to me. i may be misunderstanding how you used it duiring leveling.