can I french polish on a lacquer base ?

Hi Dave, you can wet sand it with micro mesh or rotten stone then buff it out. If it is just some crazing, you can also just try buffing it with polishing compound.
How did your show go?

-- Randy - "I dont make mistakes, I make design change opportunities" www.knotheadswoodshed.com

Randy, thanks for the input, the show was a great venue. Met many folks, handed out a boatload of cards, talked shop with many, but had limited sales. However the other vendors shared the same results; so I wasn’t disappointed.

-- Dave, Kansas City

Dave: Yes you can french polish over lacquer. The alcohol should not have any impact on the prior finish.

One trick that I’ve found in covering up small voids is I’ve sprayed shellac until You’ve got a good base and then wet sand it with oil. (I use baby oil) and get it smooth and then do the final coats of french polish. That’s a lot easier than doing 100 sessions of french polish to build up a good base. If I’ve got a real void I may just drip a blob over the void and then sand it down to rest of the surface and then finish with french polish.

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