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No, just annoying when it all lifted. Apparently HMV used animal glue in the 1930s which doesn’t seem to last well in today’s houses with central heating. It dries it out.

Ah thank you. Veneer though.

Thanks for confirming what that is- I did wonder. Can you tell what the other veneer is? Looks like walnut but the top looks oak

I’m surprised it worked out so well!

Thanks for all your help. I've decided to leave as it is now, did dull the finish slightly with some 0000 wirewool which has helped it blend in with the rest of the machine. I went for a "sympathetic" restoration and only stripped the top of the lid. The rest I cut back slightly and left the...

Best pics I can get. It seems to have a nice sheen

Hi Triton. Probably not enough sanding... I maybe sanded 3 times with 400 grit. Must have applied 50+ coats in several sessions. I fear that I didn't sand enough and got some of the lines trapped several coats down. That said, I only applied in circular/ figure of 8 motions early on, then...

Thanks both for your replies! I think the finish seems to look OK now. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but when I look at the finish at an angle it looks smooth and clear- almost like a pool of water but then if I look close it seems there are a few lines- might just be the wood underneath as it...

Do you think the t cut/ Fiddes will get the feint lines out that the rubber had left, or do I need to lightly sand, then Fiddes and a final wax over?

With a rubber, using the oil too but sparingly. The last coats seem to have helped. I’m just going to leave it a week to harden now. I think I was a bit ambitious polishing with wax 48 hours after the last coat of shellac!

Thanks for the reply! The pores aren’t as bad as it looks on the pics so I think I’ll leave them for now unless it gets too annoying!! When you look at the top they’re perpendicular to the pics I too so look ok really- don’t think I can face another week of shellacing the top. As for the...

Hi, Newbie here with a frustrating question! I've French polished for the very first time recently on the lid of an old gramophone. It had a black water damage mark which I manged to get out with Oxalic acid and it looks OK. I then added maybe 50/ 60 coats of shellac in several...