Questions on Finishing Cocobolo

[Bm101]

I've just made a ring box from cocobolo. All one piece, no joints or glue. I've read that it can be resistant to a non wax finish. Ie oil bases won't always set. I have some liquid shellac, can i coat it with that and then apply tru oil or osmo as normal? I also have some Alfie shine hard wax. I'd quite like a glass like finish if possible. The top is the end grain.
Whats the best approach?
Many thanks.
Chris

 

[Droogs]

clean it off with acetone to get rid of any oils on the surface and this will help the shellac coat stick

 

[CHJ]

Shellac will act as a pore sealant, Oils are normally applied to bare wood as they need to penetrate the wood to form the bond.

 

[MusicMan]

I have two clarinets made of cocobolo. They are shellacked on the inside, and oiled with e.g. tung or almond oil on the outside. No problems for either.

 

[CHJ]

Have taken the liberty of moving my query about wood wind musical instruments to its own thread.

 

[Bm101]

Thanks for the replies guys.
There's various info about the my concern. Maybe I misunderstood? Possibly about calling osmo and tru oil etc oil based finishes? An example here. https://www.wood-database.com/wood-arti ... hardwoods/

In the end it's done ( so far). I didn't have any acetone so I took a gamble. Cleaned it up with meths. 3 light coats of shellac wire wooled in between.
All a bit cautiously. It seemed to work. Left with a dull mat but scratch free surface at least to my eye. I applied 2 coats of the tru oil and it dried ok. Will use the old micro mesh and keep adding layers till I get a perfect finish. I think the tru oil goes on so thin that it just takes a minute scratch coat to bond. By the time I get to the higher grades of micro mesh and a few coats on should be mustard. I'd post a pic but the pc ist kaput.

Shame the musical interlude got moved. Absolutely fascinating. Didn't mind sharing!

Thanks all as always. Much appreciated.
Chris