What Kind of FINISH?! (The Best Violin Varnish Effect)

[@لقمانالحمدان-ج8ص]

Usefull information Thanx

[@AndreaMarchhartChannelmedium]

very interesting und wunderschön! Such an "Überarbeitung" I would like for my violin! ❤

[@NPC54619]

“Oh damn, you can see this is a disaster area” love it!!

[@jedgurley]

Shellac is a great finish, no matter what happens, it can be repaired.. but if color is needed you need an alcohol dissolvable dye. I'm trying to learn as much as i can about all this

[@christianklein5774]

Thank you that was helpfurel , just for the fronside of the vilin i have i need a low satin ,i will try somfing i know from olivwood just thats on my violin akatzie ,but i polish the plan survice with 1 drop oilt so long until it stays polishd inself , can take 3 hours per day over 2 month

[@DinoBiondo]

What 'cut' of Shellac is recommended ?

[@guilhermemonteiro8634]

On a used violin, I suppose you first need to apply another product to remove the rosin buildup, and then you polish it, right? What do you use to remove the rosin?

[@valuations520]

JoHa varnish cleaner.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

Help! Please Mr Russ! I polished a fine Dresden violin from about 1900. Maybe 1910. It had a very dull "finish" to it so I polished it with my "trusty" shellac combination..... and instantly.... all of the original colour and/or varnish came off! G&#%$*^# damn it! I also am very careful with alcohol content whether it's meth - spirits or turpentine..... the shellac mixture I used had very little alcohol content but it took away a large portion of the original varnish (where the chin would sit - I always start there). I don't know why this happened... but do you have any advice on this? P.S. - I have a lovely shellac that has brown and red pigment to it (containing the same alcohol content) but when I apply it over the top of oil-varnished instruments, it's all fine! I'm so curious! Thanks, Liam from Australia!

[@ghlscitel6714]

So French polishing a refurbished instrument is not recommended by you, Maestro? How did you apply the "Edeldreck" on the new wood surface to antique it?

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

My favorite finish is called satin.

[@knightsimperium4277]

How did Stradivarius finished it?

[@chriscastle6068]

I like for the master to answer, but from my understanding he used a red oil varnish that was shiny. Probably in a similar application to what the master showed.

[@knightsimperium4277]

Wait Edgar use shellac polish for his finish. That's not either an oil varnish. How did Stradivari finished.. just with oil varnish or a different kind like Edgars shellac.

[@disqusrubbish5467]

@@knightsimperium4277 Oil.

[@knightsimperium4277]

​@@disqusrubbish5467what kind of oil or oil varnish only?

[@disqusrubbish5467]

@@knightsimperium4277 According to Brigitte Brandmair who did an analysis, a mixture of a drying oil and a diterpenic resin. Common "drying" oils (they polymerize rather than "dry") in that day were linseed oil (actually from flax seeds) and walnut oil. Both were used by the great master painters to make oil paint. Don't think anyone knows for sure, whether one or the other or both. Diterpenic resin (rather than triterpenic) suggests spruce resin and some pine trees. The mixture has been suggested as 1:1 all the way to 1 part oil : 4 parts resin. You don't want to put that on raw wood because you don't probably want it to soak in, and that leads us to the subject of "grounds"... Haha. Edgar has good videos on making and using his ground.

[@calebovich]

My question has always been how do you know that it is time for a polish?

[@yen-chenlin7128]

Can you really not to polish witth shellac on old instument? Because I am willing to shellac my 1855 Francios Caussin Cello, and I saw your video.