applying hard shellac with a rubber??

[ubeaut]

Knew a bloke once, who was going to end his life, by drinking Hard Shellac........

He'd heard it was a fantastic finish.

Boom boom tish

[Groggy]

Nice work Contrabasse, it looks great!

[kiwigeo]

In fact, hard shellac smells almost identical to the "camus" cognac I bought duty free. But I won't be wasting the shellac by drinking it.

Mate I think youve just identified Neil's "secret crosslinking additive"

[astrid]

about 5 years age I polished some good old mountain ash chairs with white polish and i couldnt get the polish to come up on one of them.
I discovered i hadforgoten to neutalised the oxalic acid i had used to bring the colour back, properly.

maybe you have somthing contaminating the timber?

astrid