I posted this photo from a calendar I have in the thread on my new mandolin because I had used it to get my inlay from the A-3. But it occurred to me...
The calendar lists these mandolins as a 1908 F-2, a 1916 F-2, a 1927 A-3 and a 1959 A-5.
The A-5 is very curious because it appears to have the same...
I never used to use shellac at all as a sealer but went right to lacquer. That's actually something Don Mcrostie did on a 30 year old Stew-Mac how to...
There is no doubt you can get french polished spirit varnish or something like Tru-oil will be thinner than lacquer and will have the least possible...