Finishing

I just completed finishing the wood for the frame im building.  Here is how it worked.
My dad makes his own shellac using the stuff in the picture below.

You poor some out into a container then just brush it on with a rag

Because some of the finish soaks into the wood and some of it stays on top, there tends to be small air bubbles when it dries (which takes roughly 4 hours).  So before each coat you use steel wool to rub out the air bubbles, then you vacuum off any steel wool shreds that get stuck on the wood along with any dust that may be on it, then you rub it down with a dust rag just to be sure its clean before putting on another coat of finish.

 I put on five coats of finish here are some pictures
Before first coat

 After five coats