Yup, looks a little thick :) Shellac sands up pretty easily, just make sure the shellac is completely dry first. I'd use ~120 grit paper until the wood feels smooth and even. Then apply a few light coats of shellac. My personal preference would then be to "finish" the grip by buffing with 0000 steel wool. That'll give them a satin look and, again my preference, a nicer feel.
Hope this helps, lyle On 7 November 2011 14:04, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > This may be a little OT given that it's related to wood + shellac, but > the wood are bike grips. I'm in the process of refinishing some dia- > compe wood grips. This is the first time i have used shellac, and > definately the first time with wood. I'm using a can of premixed > amber zinnser from the hardware store. > > I sanded down the grips and restained last week and then over the > weekend applied a few coats. Overall i'm pretty happy with it but > this being my first time i know i made a few mistakes. The biggest > being i think i applied it on too thick, so it's not completly smooth, > there are runs etc. Is there an easy way to smooth these out? Could > i go over them with denat-alcohol and smooth it out? Fine grit > sandpaper? > > Functionally i think they are fine and i could live with them, but if > there is a trick to polish them out i'd like to give it a try. > > Here's a link to the work in progress, http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwLUQVY > > i also did my first kickstand too, looks good, but not sure if i could > use a shellac'd bar full time on the handlebars, maybe for the > secondary areas... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- lyle f bogart dpt 156 bradford rd wiscasset, me 04578 207.882.6494 206.794.6937 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
