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Originally Posted by boris bubbanov
If I ever go back to using shellac on necks, I will try the pads. The thing I found, with the preval or the Shellac in the rattle can (dewaxed) is the film would not always lay flat, and sanding seemed to be called for. I don't like sanding the fretboard face material.
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Right on.
Shellac was meant to go on thin, in many scant layers. Any unsatisfactory experiences I have had with shellac were the result of applying too much, too fast. When it comes to maple necks, a flat linen pad lightly dampened with very thin solution is the way to go. A 1" pad should be so dry that, even pinching it hard, not more than one fat drop can be pressed out. This way, you don't get pooling around the frets, which is a bummer and a surprisingly difficult problem to fix.