I love the stuff!
Alot of you have already seen my Velo Cheapo project wherein I had used shellac and paperbags to make grips and shellac to finish off some leather.

Well, here is my latest shellac application.

This seat is to be used on a ratbike project so I'm not too worried about authenticity or long duration comfort. Originally I had planned on finding a place to reupholster it. After 2 shops denying my service I finally found someone that would do it for $75.00. I would have let him do the job but he seemed very reluctant to take on the task making me doubt his services. So instead, I decided I was going to do it myself. I searched around for some possible materials to use when I finally decided to use a two layer cotton rag that looked like plain old white t-shirt material, craft foam for minimalistic padding and some Shellac to finish it off. This is what I came up with:








After adding several layers of Shellac I decided that I wanted the seat to be a bit darker so I painted it black, sanded it down a bit and applied more Shellac.
Rivets were added as a finishing touch.