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Just realized I've been using the wrong kind of shellac for about a year
Tbh, I was finishing a walnut table and the shine kept going cloudy after a few hours, which made no sense. My wife walked in, sniffed the air, and said 'that smells like the stuff we polish the piano with', and it hit me I'd been using button polish instead of a proper dewaxed blonde. Anyone else ever grab the wrong can from the shelf for way too long?
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owens.ben9d ago
Yeah I read an article about how the wax in button polish can cause that exact clouding over time. It's a super common mix-up because the cans look almost the same. Really makes you double check the label now.
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simon7179d ago
Actually the wax is in the shoe polish, not the button polish. Button polish is just shellac and alcohol, it dries clear and hard. The clouding happens when someone uses regular shoe polish with wax on buttons, the wax stays soft and traps dirt. So you're right about the mix up, but it's the other can that has the wax.
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