A couple of months ago you guys gave me advice on how to restore a shellac finished old cedar hope chest. It turns out to have been an old Caswell-Runyan from Indiana made sometime between 1907 and 1957. The advice I received allowed me to restore the old shellac to an almost original gloss (or maybe better). It had plenty of shellac to use as most of it was caked up in alligatoring. Dissolving it was very fun. But some garnet shellac flakes were still needed to help match the new board in the middle of the lid. I applied with a brush and several coats of spray. I didn't like how the brushed went on, so I went with the sprayer. It turned out OK, but I wish I could have removed the hardware. It was tacked on and I didn't think I could remove it without tearing it all up. We donated it to our Lutheran school's auction, and it went for $580. I felt pretty good about that and learned quite a bit too. Thanks to Steve M and the guys who responded, for your help.
