I am making Tea caddies with a variety of banding using all of the exotic black woods with a contrasting white usually holly. I finish with a seal coat of 1 pound cut shellac, then build a finish of shellac. All of the above have smeared black onto the holly. This does not happen with dyed black veneer. It has become such a problem that I test a piece of banding with shellac before installing it into the piece I am working with.I tried spray shellac and had the same outcome.
I vacuum each piece, and use a tack cloth before using the shellac. Have any of you had the same problem and how did you fix it?
I vacuum each piece, and use a tack cloth before using the shellac. Have any of you had the same problem and how did you fix it?