View Full Version : French Polishing Courses - Sydney Area
banksiaman
13th July 2005, 02:17 PM
After having tried to teach myself and failed, I need to find somewhere I can learn French Polishing. I'm about 70km SW of Sydney but will travel to Sydney if needs be. Does anyone know of any courses available - I've tried Googling etc. and a quick search on this Forum but can't find anything.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Steve Dethick
31st July 2005, 07:26 PM
G'day. There is a short (2xSaturdays) course being run by Eastern Suburbs Community College at Bondi Public School commencing on 13 August 2005. Do a Google search for the college, or french polishing course and you should be right.
Hope this helps. Steve.
banksiaman
1st August 2005, 08:58 AM
Sounds what I need, unfortunately I will be in Canberra on the first Saturday.
That's how it goes...
I will keep an eye on Community Colleges from now on.
Thanks again.
Chris
Paul B
3rd August 2005, 10:08 AM
I also had a lot of trouble teaching myself french polishing, I tried it on my first guitar and it took a long time to get a result I was happy with. I was using shellac flakes that I got from the woodworks in Sydney (Shines brand?). I recently tried Ubeaut hard shellac and got a far superior result just using the stuff neat out of the bottle, no alcohol or oil. A few drops on the muneca and away I went. Excellent stuff! It's all I'll be using from now on.