Shellac Printing

Bill Oakley writes:

May I extend my wishes for a Happy New Year to all the groop members and 
their famalies. I finally have my email all read and have printed pertinent topics. 
A quiet thanks to all who contribute so much for all of us to use.
Now, I have a situation I wondered if anyone has some advice for...

I had a fairly old (c. 1880) formal, mahogany drop leaf dining table to restore  
few months ago. What had mainly happened was some of the owners five 
poodles had run across the table on numerous ocassions and left alot of
scratch marks from their nails. Some were surface, others were deeper,
but not thru to the wood.
	
The table had a wonderful patina, which the owners wanted to preserve.
So I wasn't goint to do any stripping. What I did was to sand the finish 
back quite a bit to smooth and remove as many scratches as I could 
without going through to the wood. Then I sprayed about 8  coats of 
3# dewaxed orange  shellac (fresh, I mixed it from flake). I let it dry at 
least 2 hours in between coats. It sat for a few days after the last coat 
and then I frenched polished to bring up a beautiful finish. It looked great! 

I delivered it the week before Thanksgiving.
	
I got a call today from the client and they said that over the holidays,
they got some "plate marks" where the plates had been. They said they 
used doilies as placemats.
	
Could this finish still be soft? 
Had it not cured enough? 
Will it ever cure? and how long will it take?
What would you do!?

Help! 

Bill Oakley 
in CT.





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