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  1. 13th July 2005, 02:17 PM #1
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    Default French Polishing Courses - Sydney Area

    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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