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| Author: | dofthesea [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
Anyone have any experience with this product? Thoughts? ideas? H.BEHLEN QUALASOLE. Modern Frech Polish French polish oil https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... 0QUALASOLE™&ved=2ahUKEwibjoqD-YP-AhVdOkQIHbsTAQEQMygCegQIARBL |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
Hi David, If you look at the SDS ingredients it appears to be a thin cut of shellac and boiled linseed oil dissolved in alcohol and a number of other nasty solvents. https://toolsforworkingwood.com/prodimg ... -00016.pdf A post from Mandolin Cafe: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/arch ... 18116.html |
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| Author: | dofthesea [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
Hi Clay, that sounds like an automatic disqualifier. thanks for the info. I don't mind mixing my own shellac was just looking at an easier way |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
That's been around forever. I think it was even suggested for use in Sloane's books. Something like Royal-Lac would be better considered a 'modern' French Polish imho. |
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| Author: | ballbanjos [ Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
I used Qualasole once back in the 70's and was totally unimpressed. Didn't know about the toxicity issues at the time, but it just never got a build like good old shellac. Dave |
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| Author: | rmmottola [ Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Behlen French Polish Qualasole |
This stuff is functionally awesome for its intended purpose, which is touch up work. It builds very fast, dries hard very fast, has a nice amber color which matches most aged finishes, doesn't require any additional oil, and will burn in to anything that is burn-in-able. I use it for spot repairs all the time. I do not use it for finishing and cannot recommend it for that purpose. The main drawback it has is described well by Clay: It is viciously toxic. Wouldn't surprise me if just reading the MSDS could give you cancer! I'd like to stick around for a few more years, and the amount of exposure that would be required to finish an entire instrument with it is well above my personal safety threshold. |
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