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Re: Shellac

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-10-09 04:44

If during pad installation or seating you do get any shellac oozing out from behind the pads while it's still molten, then wait until it cools down and break it off by going around the edge of the pad cup with a fingernail or old reed. If you try to remove the ooze while the pad cup is still hot, the excess shellac will stick to it making the clean-up operation bigger.

If you want to make a much better and tidier job of it once the excess has all been broken off, then heat up a screwdriver tip (ideally one that you don't particularly care much for that has been rounded off) and go around the edge of the pad cup where the broken edges of the shellac are and melt them smooth.

Any stringy bits or excess shellac that's melted onto the sides or tops of pad cups can easily be cleaned off with a cotton bud (Q-tip) dipped in alcohol and that will dissolve shellac. Then go over with a freshly dipped cotton bud to remove all traces and a final polish up with a polishing cloth will have the pad cups all nice and shiny again (if that's the finish you're after).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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