Re: French varnish?

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1412 by joe on 09/01/02 at 3:41 AM
Re: French varnish?

In Reply to: Re: French varnish? posted by Cornelius on 08/31/02 at 3:43 AM:

Well, I’m sure he kept the shellac away from his paint and medium. I haven’t really looked into his method much but I assume that he worked out a detailed under-painting and then, after it dried, he put a thin coat of shellac over it so that it wouldn’t come up as he over-painted. As I said, shellac is not soluble with turpentine - so it’s a good thing to use if you want to keep what you’ve already put down. Shellac yellows over time but if you cover it with opaque paint, I doubt anyone would be the wiser in a couple of hundred years. Either way, I’ve heard that high grade shellac is actually quite solid to paint on but I can‘t say that I‘ve ever tried it.



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: Well, I’m sure he kept the shellac away from his paint and medium. I haven’t really looked into his method much but I assume that he worked out a detailed under-painting and then, after it dried, he put a thin coat of shellac over it so that it wouldn’t come up as he over-painted. As I said, shellac is not soluble with turpentine - so it’s a good thing to use if you want to keep what you’ve already put down. Shellac yellows over time but if you cover it with opaque paint, I doubt anyone would be the wiser in a couple of hundred years. Either way, I’ve heard that high grade shellac is actually quite solid to paint on but I can‘t say that I‘ve ever tried it.
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