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The stain must be buffed eventually. I use a thin shellac coat which can be rubbed to even out the stain- I use a make up pad. I sometimes sand after ...

I mean, shellac has a shelf life, so first things first, mix up new shellac. And if you are using a can of zinsser or something, just go fucking die and quit ...

... without all of your honest advice. I thank you very much for that. I do think I could've held the lines of the shank a bit better, I will try to ... up to 600 and 800, and hit it with green again, with one thin coat of shellac after. I think this has helped and I won't change the routine until ...

... the fundamentals of making a good pipe, then you can haul out the oils, shellacs, or other crazy chemicals to play with. I still experiment all the ... then 600 and base coat, then 800 and final coat, and then a very thin coat of shellac, and buff. I've been wanting to try this, but buffing ...

I think you can finish a pipe with just about anything, but you have to understand what look ... to dry). I can get a very high shine from danish oil if I polish on top of it, same with shellac. If I had to choose one do-all pipe finish, I'd take super thin shellac.

... The second is maple wood. There’s A TON wrong with both pipes, though I think the second piece is actually smokable. 😊 The first I would have thrown ... are a drill press, belt sander, Dremel tool, sandpaper, leather dye, Shellac (on the rusticated one), and denatured alcohol…Oh, and a handsaw ...

As for finishing, the bamboo has a thin skin and you don’t want to sand though it, so you have to be careful matching ... with a burr (sort of like doing a cavity in a tooth), then just use a little shellac, others just leave the dark spots. DocAitch

French polish technique to remove excess while the shellac is tacky still. It will even out on all the surfaces. Super thin solution. Dip a wad of cheese cloth that has a micro amount of oil on it and then squeeze out and rub thoroughly.

Yep. I do what Sas and Kurt do. Thin it down more and add coats until you're satisfied with the level of shine once it's dried. Not there yet? Add another coat.

Thin it more, do more coats. Shine on shellac is directly related to how much there is on the surface. You can gently buff for even-ness too, but the basic process should leave the pipe pretty even.

Thin, well diluted layer, apply with a brush (no matter if it's a cheap one) and then *wipe it away*. This is important. As Kurt said, the thing is that shellac is not *the* finish. It's most like a sealer, except that the lore says it breaths (how, it ...

I use a lighter blend, 1/4 flakes in alkohol. Then just a pice of cotton cloth to apply i one very, very thin layer.

Followed by buffing with tripoli, white diamond and last carnauba wax.

/Henrik


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... and shaping and sanding such that the lines aren't all wonky and everything looks just so is basically like 99% of the difficulty of making pipes. ... finer) compound after that. Most of us will use an oil or a very thin shellac at some stage (I do before tripoli), and then wax. Trying to "build" ...

... up what I have before I start using vulcanite rod. That being said, I think I need to take a small amount off the top and bottom of the stem in ... to 600 grit and then used tongue oil. Then, I put on a thin layer of shellac. Your feed back is appreciated. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190331/d10ccc9bdd4f015c34ae0e1e096de1d4.jpg ...

Shellac will be shiny. It will wear down some with handling. If it’s not old and gummy, it should dry overnight in most places. Maybe 2-3 days if it’s a thick coat. If it’s too thick, you can thin it out with denatured alcohol.


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I thin my shellac a little (I buy premix french polish which is already fairly thin). I brush on a heavy coat, get the whole ...

... not going on in one perfectly smooth featureless coat? Put it on super thin with a rag, one pass. Let it dry, don't even look at it, it'll look ... now look at it. Basically polish it off, which is what you do with shellac anyhow. Right? Can I get an amen?? I'll give it a shot, thanks Sas. ...

Ok thanks again Sas. My shellac does look kinda think. I will try cutting it in half with denatured alcohol to thin it out like you said i think that is my first problem.

Yes. Buncha stuff - sounds like you maybe have a bit much on there. Thin 'er down some more. We aren't looking to make a shellac finish. Not the way you'd multiple-coat a table and walk away. The shellac is going ...

... not going on in one perfectly smooth featureless coat? Put it on super thin with a rag, one pass. Let it dry, don't even look at it, it'll look ... now look at it. Basically polish it off, which is what you do with shellac anyhow. Right? Can I get an amen??