The rocking horse project continues with pre-finishing and assembly! Yeehaa!

Learn French Polishing and the story of shellac with this DVD from Vijay Velji!

A test to determine if adhesion problems develop when coating waxed shellac with polyurethane.

A little test that shows how important a film finish is when protecting furniture from spills.

This week’s question comes from a viewer who writes: “I’ve really enjoyed your podcasts, they are all very informative. I recently found myself more exited about woodworking. Though I’ve had an interest since childhood, I never really had the resources, till now (my wife also supports my dream). Anyway, I was watching one of your [...]

This week’s question comes from Eric in Canada who asks: “I know you like to use dewaxed shellac and transtint for a bit of colour, and finish it off with General Finishes. GF is extremely hard to find here in Canada. Dewaxed shellac and the transtint is pretty easy to get. I was wondering if [...]

This week’s question comes from Jorge who writes: I’m finishing some maple kitchen doors. I have a Fuji Mini-Mite 3x to apply the finish. I first applied a 1.5 to 2 pound cut of shellac and now I’m spraying the oil based stain. The problem is that I get what I think is called orange [...]

This week’s question from from Ron in Chicago who writes: I have a table top that I stained with oil based stain and I want to use Endro Precat Lacquer but the directions say that I have to use a pre-cat sealer. Can I use a 1LB cut shellac as a seal coat or do [...]

Some basic information about using shellac as a finish and a sealer.

How to make water-based finishes look more like oil-based finishes.

Is your finish stinking up your clothes? Find out how to stop it!

Don’t be fooled by the “foolproof finish”!

Maple has a tendency to blotch when stained, so you need to take a few precautions.