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A 1930s radio cabinet with a shellac bloom that wouldn't quit
Picked up a Philco console from a damp basement, and the shellac had bloomed so bad it looked like frost. I thought a quick rub with denatured alcohol would fix it, but it just smeared and I had to strip the whole top panel back to bare wood. Has anyone else had a bloom that turned into a full strip job, or is there a trick I missed?
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noahlane24d ago
Man, that sounds rough. My buddy tried to save a bloomed dresser top with just alcohol last year. It turned the shellac into this sticky, cloudy mess that dragged sawdust and lint into the finish. He ended up having to scrape the whole thing with a card scraper, which took forever. Sometimes the bloom goes too deep to fix on the surface.
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wyatt_shah8524d agoMost Upvoted
You sure it's not just a surface thing?
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kimg5721d ago
But maybe a gentle rub with oil could still work wonders.
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