T-53 cleaning

[Chaos47]

1. I was replying to Enfield
2. Correct, I couldn't get the shellac tinted to get the color I wanted
3. Doubtful, I used a spray gun
4. At least a week
5. Because I had fired the gun prior to refinishing it and never got a bubbling issue due to heat, which lead me to the conclusion they didn't use shellac since I never had a problem with it before.

It should be applied by hand (rubbing, or brush), a spraygun is not the correct way to apply shellac. I guarantee your coats were too thick.
A week is not long enough to cure shellac properly.

Just because you had an issue with shellac because you applied it and cured it wrong doesn't mean that it wasn't coated in shellac before. Sorry thats a logical fallacy.

[zhyla]

Since the finish is shellac as long as the finish is there it's easy to make it look better. Take some cloth (old tshirt) and put a little denatured alcohol on it (just a damp spot) and polish the problem areas. Alcohol is the solvent for shellac so a little will come off on the rag, but it will also wipe off the rag back onto the finish.

French polishing is this plus a little oil (olive oil is standard). I haven't done this on a touch up job but I did help someone refinish a T53 withh french polishing.

[Chaos47]

Doubt that any of the recent import T53 have that much shellac left on them to do the shellac moving around trick... Like I said CAI batch degreased these and it removed 99% of the shellac on most of them.

[NOTABIKER]

As of now i plan to clean off the wood with something to rid the grime and rub in lots of vitamin store pure linseed oil to protect the wood surface. I will spot clean with Denatured alcohol and mineral spirits and see what works best.I have 9 days to decide and thinks ALL for the advise so far .

[shda5582]

It should be applied by hand (rubbing, or brush), a spraygun is not the correct way to apply shellac. I guarantee your coats were too thick.
A week is not long enough to cure shellac properly.

Just because you had an issue with shellac because you applied it and cured it wrong doesn't mean that it wasn't coated in shellac before. Sorry thats a logical fallacy.

I didn't have an option for application. Since I was using clothing dye to get the color I desired and it was alcohol-based, rubbing shellac on it would wipe off the dye I used as well. Found that one out the hard way, hence why I went to a spraygun and put on very thin coats.

Although tbh, it was my first time applying shellac with a spraygun so it very well could have been done too heavily/incorrectly, but I did practice before I put final finish on and I was getting very light coats.