Wesley Baggett French Polishing a new violin

French Polishing is a TECHNIQUE of applying shellac to usually wooden things, like violins, and exotic furniture.
Basically it's all about applying thousands of microscopically thin coats to build up a clear yellow and warm coating that shows off the grain and texture of the timber...

IF it's really well done - it's superb.

However, aside from exotic objects, I have gone with lanolin applied as a timber treatment - because it's durable and easy to reapply a thin coat every 5 or 10 years....

This is for indoor furniture and workshop items and dinner tables etc...

Shellac stains from hot cups of tea with liquid under them etc...

Where as sheep grease doesn't give a fuck, and it's easy to clean