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Permalink Reply by Mark Lindsay on August 1, 2014 at 6:31am

Nice! Do you remember if it was vinyl sanding sealer or wax free shellac?

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on August 1, 2014 at 3:17pm

Synthetic sealer, I don't use ready made shellac.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on August 1, 2014 at 9:36am

Sanding sealer may be the thing.

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Permalink Reply by jim on August 2, 2014 at 3:59am

I hope i"m not out of line, but do you think ky jelly would do the trick?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 2, 2014 at 4:02am

Been used for wood lubrication for generations. >:-E

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on August 2, 2014 at 7:05am

I don't think the KY suggestion was serious... or was it?!

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 3, 2014 at 12:33am

Dunno. Was foreplay involved?

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on August 2, 2014 at 8:18am

Maybe oil inside only...I like the labels so I'm a bit hesitant to do anything to the outside of this box. I guess I could oil around the labels on the outside but that also sounds risky

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on August 4, 2014 at 8:20am

This is pretty funny but I did re-look at the orig title of my post....

And some other funny stuff like "oil only the inside etc" ...ok that's it no more hah

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Permalink Reply by Dooder on August 22, 2014 at 1:53pm

I picked up a bunch of these Christoff boxes and put four coats of water based varnish on the outside without sanding.  Helped firm up the wood, and prevented splinters while maintaining most of the woods character, no warping, and the tone qualities from the inside are really good.  I just went right over the label as well.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on August 22, 2014 at 2:06pm

What varnish exactly if you don't mind? And how did you deal with the stickers

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Permalink Reply by Dooder on August 22, 2014 at 2:19pm

Oh, I can't recall the exact brand.  It was a high gloss half pint that I picked up from Lowes, spread almost like spar varnish, really thick. As far as dealing  with the stickers, that's a good question.   I found out the paint they use is also water based, if you don't apply the first coat FAST, it will run a bit.  After the first coat, it's all sealed in.  I started in the center of the sticker, working out to the edge of it, that way the label doesn't lift, and then focused on the wood proper.  Just realized, I got the name spelled wrong...

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