Thursday 22 November 2007

Varnishing the hoof rails

End of the sanding in sight!

I finished sanding the hoof rails and varnished them to make me feel I was getting somewhere. After advice on Rocking Horse Elite's eBay group I decided to use a shellac varnish as this is what would have been on there originally.

I used Rustin's French Polish, but painted it on instead of doing the whole French polishing bit with a rubber and linseed oil. Then I reduced the shine a little with 0000 grade wire wool. The varnish gives the wood a lovely mellow amber colour.


2 comments:

Timberati said...

Gorgeous.

The rail at the bottom is the left hoof rail, correct? (And you thought I'd not paid attention)

Lexi said...

Go to the top of the class, Norm!