SANDING, SANDING, and EVEN MORE SANDING . . .Well, I started the preparation for the French-polishing process.The... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Friday, March 25, 2016

JUST FINISHED UP THIS BOTTLE TODAY . . . Been a hard day. Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Sunday, March 27, 2016

HA HA. ACTUALLY . . .I use this 190-proof Everclear grain alcohol to mix up my 1- and 2-pound cuts of shellac for my... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Sunday, March 27, 2016

SANDING IS FINISHED!!! I have completed the sanding and pore-filling of the neck. I used AquaCoat (a water-based pore... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Sunday, March 27, 2016

THE FRENCH-POLISHING BEGINS!!!!Finished up the pore-filling last night. Scuff-sanded all the surfaces with 320-grit... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Tuesday, March 29, 2016

FRENCH-POLISHING PROGRESS . . .Here are the results so far on my French-polishing. So far, I have done 6 sessions of... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Thursday, March 31, 2016

PORE-FILLING . . . AGAIN. THE GLOSS IS GONE (temporarily)!!!While I was very happy with the nice gloss I've gotten... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Friday, April 1, 2016

A GLIMMER OF REFLECTIONS!!!The reflections are just beginning to appear --- yay! This is after I've just applied the... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Saturday, April 2, 2016

IT'S GETTING A TINY BIT SHARPER . . .Just started another session (12th) on the back. The reflection is getting a little bit more distinct. Onward! Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Sunday, April 3, 2016		THE FIRST WAITING PERIOD IS OVER!!!I just got back from a 3-day trip down to southern California, and that gave my... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Friday, April 8, 2016		THE SECOND ROUND OF FRENCH-POLISHING SESSIONS HAS BEGUN!!!!After having completed the level-sanding, I just now have... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Saturday, April 9, 2016		UPDATE . . .Did a couple of sessions today; this makes, so far, three sessions of French polish after the first level-sanding (so, a total of 16 sessions of shellac so far). Starting to look good now... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Sunday, April 10, 2016

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