Hippopotamus Christmas Tree Ornament: Finishing the Hippos With Clear Shellac
My Etsy Shop I could spray the hippos with my airbrush, but it is messy, and I can't stop easily when the grand kids need attention. I hold the ornament by the screw eye using hemostats. I start brushing shellac on the bottom, and by the time I finish, it's dry enough to set the hippo on parchment paper. I wish I had known about parchment paper years ago; nothing sticks to it. Tape will not stick to parchment paper. I can clamp it to the table, but if it gets pulled, it will slide out of the clamps. I spilled some polyurethane on it, and when it cured, it peeled right off.