In the process just described, shellac alone, dissolved in alcohol, is used.

The shellac may be used with other ingredients: for example, 1 pint grain alcohol, 1/4 oz.

gum copal, 1/4 oz.

gum arabic, 1 oz.shellac.Strain through muslin.
[Illustration: Fig.304.Direction of the Pad in French Polishing.] Another recipe for finishing.

Use 4 drams grain alcohol, 2 drams orange shellac, 5 drams tincture of benzoin, 1 teaspoonful of olive oil.