Leo went over the techniques or shellac for staining, filling, over-coating in some detail tonight.
We agreed to make a small bowl for next session and do a shellac finish on it.
To make the basic shellac mix 3;1 ( one volume flakes to 3 volumes Methylhydrate
Dilute this even more for spraying on your project and use very low spray pressure
Mixing shellac, wood dust and cabosil makes a great filling agent
Jim Hiltz finished his dovetail plane and it is a beauty indeed
Leo says he will stoke up the forge soon to treat the tool steel for the blades
Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, methyl hydrate, or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (often abbreviated MeOH). Methanol acquired the name "wood alcohol" because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. Modern-day methanol production occurs in a catalytic industrial process directly from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.
Methanol is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor very similar to that of ethanol (drinking alcohol).[10] However, unlike ethanol, methanol is highly toxic and unfit for consumption. At room temperature, it is a polar liquid, and is used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel, and as a denaturant for ethanol. It is also used for producing biodiesel via transesterification reaction.
Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many varieties of bacteria, and is commonly present in small amounts in the environment. As a result, there is a small fraction of methanol vapor in the atmosphere. Over the course of several days, atmospheric methanol is oxidized with the help of sunlight to carbon dioxide and water.
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