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No, the two are perfectly compatible or as Nick Agar put it, they're mates and don't mind sharing the same wheel!

You can buy 'dewaxing/degreasing' solvent which would do the job very well, but it's evil stuff and not always easy to obtain. A slower and probably messy way of doing this would be with white spirit, this will soften the wax but it will still need some encouragement to come off. Are you sure...

Thanks from me as well Mike, I should have mentioned that; I'm not a great fan of Facebook, it has it's uses but is usually abused, so we deliberately set our page up (and it's useful for putting out information quickly) so that anyone can see it, without having to join Facebook or even liking...

Hello all We're lucky enough to have a number of friends and supporters on this forum, and we're grateful to all of you. If you're one of them, head over to our Facebook page where you might find something daft but interesting!

I'm hoping it won't be a one-off, Kim should certainly be snapped up by clubs for demos, I'm certainly hoping to be able to entice him away to work with us again!

Glad you enjoyed yourself Kim, you certainly had a crowd round you all day! Looking forward to day 2, thanks for all your help. Shame we won't be seeing you Chas but I can echo what Kim says, the roads were dreadful this morning...and I only had a short journey.

Hi All Just wanted to let everyone know about this show (more details here: http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/news/woodcraft-weekend-2/) which we'll be attending for the first time this year. I especially want everyone to know that KimG will be working alongside us at the show giving...

Hmm.. the oldest price list of ours I can find at the moment is for 2001 and the price for the Domed Brush was £24.50 then, with VAT at only 17.5%. I don't think they've ever been that low in price to be honest, but it's a good indication of how long they last! We work very hard to keep the...

There are a few advantages to using the polishing brushes; the main one is that they take a lot of the elbow grease out of the job. The bristle (which is a natural fibre specially chosen for the job) is coarse enough that it removes any surplus wax and buffs it at the same time. This results in...

Any of these any good? http://www.chestnutproducts.co.uk/results.php?cat=Polishing%20Brushes

Thanks to those that pm'd me, replies have been sent and your input is much appreciated.

Do you use Gilt Cream... regularly. We're after four or five experienced users for a trial, please pm me for more information if you fit the bill Thanks

Our Melamine Lacquer is cellulose based (but it's not acetone) and it won't be compatible with shellac. The solvent in it will attack the shellac and you'll end up with the mess you were trying to avoid. As Chas has suggested, a better route would have been stain, sealer then lacquer, hindsight...

The Drum Brush is ideal for flat surfaces, the Drill Polishing Brush better for spindles as the bristles 'mushroom' out when spinning. The Dome Brush is a good all-rounder, one of the beauties of these is that the bristles will remove any surplus wax to give a very bright finish but a thin coat...

Whilst true, (think of how oil and petrol evaporate), thinning the sealer will make it easier to spread although it will still dry quickly. And Kim is quite right about the relative quality of thinners... you'll only regret buying cheap when it ruins the job you've spent ages preparing...

You might want to have a look at our Polishing Brushes made for buffing wax. Some of them go into a standard drill and do the job perfectly. http://www.chestnutproducts.co.uk/results.php?cat=Polishing%20Brushes I know some of the folk here have them so hopefully one or more of them will be able...

Wax is a pretty good 'non-stick' surface and (in relative terms) soft so it wouldn't be advisable.

If the item is already waxed then about the only thing you can put on top of it is more wax; the sealer is unlikely to take unless the surface is stripped back. Putting Microcrystalline Wax or even our WoodWax 22 on it will bring up a good shine and even if it goes dull after a while a buff up...

Ah well, I'm sure you'll use on of our products another time... http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_seeall_3?rh=k%3Achestnut+shellac%2Ci%3Adiy&keywords=chestnut+shellac&ie=UTF8&qid=1403516721

Spirit Stain doesn't contain cellulose, but it is a suitable dilutant for it in the absence of Spirit Thinners. As said, once the solvent has evaporated there would be no problem; applying a cellulose product over an oil would be asking for trouble.