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A visit to the old hardware store in Charleston showed me how much has changed
I was down there last month and went into a place that's been around since the 1950s. They still had a whole wall of shellac flakes and pure tung oil in the back, but the clerk said they only sell a few cans a year now. It made me miss the days when you had to mix your own finishes from scratch. Does anyone still use real garnet paper for final sanding, or is that a lost art too?
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harper_hart7mo ago
Used to think all that old school stuff was just nostalgia, but I tried mixing my own shellac last year and the control is unreal. Garnet paper leaves a finish that modern sandpaper just can't match, especially on tricky woods like cherry. It's slower, but you can feel the difference with your hand.
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