(1) Button shellac
Button shellac flatiron heated premises or directly dibakardengan flame, after the melt is dripped onto the hole is then pressed with a finger. Within a few minutes after the dry residual shellac button scraped with a sharp chisel so flush with the surface of the workpiece. Button shellac suitable partner for the relatively small hole.
An advantage of using shellac Button:
– Fast user / usage
– The rest – the rest can be cleaned
– hardness is sufficiently reliable
– Can be used for hand corner
– Safe on the job when finishing with lacquer
– Only for small jobs relatife
Losses user button – shellac
– It takes a special skill in using shellac button.
– Color button shellac will give the impression of a darker color on French polish finish, fading button shellac unstable because the operator determined.
– Easily broken or regas if it has cooled due to shrinkage.
(2) Bees wax
Beeswax is used for holes – small holes, a larger hole and nail holes should wear other types of stopping. Beeswax is not suitable for lacquer finishing. Beeswax can be cut easily with a finger – the finger then heat in order to melt, its use can be done with a tool called a quirk stick. To remove any remaining beeswax done using scraper flat to the surface of the workpiece.
For angles – angles that are difficult to reach using a scraper can stick quirk, then sanded scars and fine sandpaper. Keep in mind not to happen beeswax on the surface of the workpiece around the hole. Beeswax is not used on raw wood, because wood stain can not enter wax, if the case will result in stains on the surface of the wood. We recommend the use of beeswax do after the first coat French polish, beeswax can also be done during the process of polishing bodyingfrench.
Beeswax can be given at the time of matching color. To get the same color with beeswax workpiece can be colored on sat melt. Please note the color of dried Beeswax younger than when they become a paste. Staining of beeswax with ocher and a little oil growing – plants (linceed oil) stirred up properly evenly.
An advantage of using beeswax:
– Easy to use
– Quick harden
– Can be softened and given pigment
Losses usage of beeswax:
– Containing oil
– Can not be used under lacquer finishing
– Refuse / resist the entry of wood stain to the wood
– Not suitable for hand corner of the workpiece
– Too lenak, should not be used for larger holes of the nail holes.
– Do not have a high adhesive force on shellac
(3) Terven wax
Terven malleable wax beeswax but suitable for under finishing lacquer or plastic. Erven wax should not be used directly on wood, because the stain can not enter, can be colored when melted.
An advantage of using wax terven:
– Easy to use.
– Can be colored according to the final color finishing.
– Suitable for small holes.
Losses terven use wax:
– Obstructing the entry into the wood stain.
– Suitable for hand corner of the workpiece.
– Suitable for small holes.