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Show Shellac Excellent to Preserve Floors More often than not the floor goes shabby for want of time to refinish it The same is true of woodwork and furniture that would look infinitely infinite-ly better for a fresh finish. Why not use shellac then? It makes a durable finish for all Interior purposes and dries so rapidly that frequent recoat-ing recoat-ing is possible. In fact, shellac competes with lacquer lac-quer for fust-drying records, but it does not dry too fast. It is easy to work with and two coats can be put on an hour or two apart if necessary. As in the eae with all paint and varnish var-nish materials, however, a better job results if more time between coats is nllowed. ' Since semi-luster finishes are so much more in favor than new, shiny surfaces, shellac has been very much in demand. It is one of the oldest finishes fin-ishes and one of the best materials to use for an unusually durable and velvety finish. In addition, where pure shellac is used the finish Is sufficiently suf-ficiently elastic so that it will not easily scratch or mar a highly desirable de-sirable feature for a furniture .and woodwork finish. There is both an orarpe and a white shellac alike In characteristics and wearing body, but used for slightly different purposes. White shellac Is made from bleached orange shellac gum. through an intricate process, ant1 is used over light woods that are to retain thir natural color, or over dark woods like ebouy and mahogany to bring out the trne and richness of the wood. Orange shellac is transparent, too. hut has staining properties besides. be-sides. It is often used over white wood to give a dark wood finish, and after a parquet floor has become stained or d.-.rker with age, orange sh-.'Hae can be ued to cuvcr the spots by living the floor a clear, natural s'. 'n as well as the durable finish desired. de-sired. Si.el'ac make an ex. -client liquid fill! r for fu-nl; i:re and Interior tri:n Tor tl.ls pi:.-poe It m.iy lie i:-od in a ti.ln co;,t w!il.-! pe::t-:r:t" !. ;.!y Into the oi..J and dries qi.ii !:'y c:ioi:gh to rot-oilt f::;;l:--r o..lMrg within a ooi;;,'e ef hours. V'!,ie v ;-t. 1 f- ti fT: am' 1 or l::c';'..er is to he u-t d R3 a f.2i..h. sh.-ll.- c is an e.-p- -'' ' goo) undercoat. It seals up any stain coats or filler coats which might be lifted by a subsequent finish or which might bleed through. And on new wood that Is not sufficiently open-pored open-pored to require a paste-wood filler, aud where an unusually fine finish Is desired, a shellac may be used advantageously. ad-vantageously. Brushes to be used for the application applica-tion of shellac should be the largest possible for the size of the surface being coated. This is in order that as few strokes as possible may be taken to cover the surface. For large areas a four-inch flat brush is about as large as can be bandied, while for smaller surfaces the one and two-Inch varnish brushes are about right Shellac should be brushed on rapidly rap-idly and in one direction. It Is best lo do little brushing, as shellac sets rapidly and cannot be stretched on' like paint and varnish. Shellac has many other Interesting uses, but none more serviceable than i for interior finishing. There Is no easier way to keep a house looking j clean and attractive than by the dur able, quiet luster of this material and no better way to protect good fur I niture from the inevitable hard knocks that come Its way than by the pr.-tection pr.-tection of several coats. As with all paint and varnish ma terials. only good products of repu table manufacturers are recommended Shellac of an inferior grade, while momentarily serving the purpose, can not give either the wear or the beauty of recognized pure material. |