It was a lot easier than I thought. I'm tempted to do the Romy's and meet to shoot these.

Swedish Pine Tar is amazing stuff. Here's some Romy wood after the tar:
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/..._romyG2_03.jpg

Here's after shellac on top. I knocked down the gloss with some 0000 steel wool. It was really shiny.
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/..._romyG2_05.jpg

I'm using links since these are higher res pictures.

I have way more tar then I need and quite a lot of shellac flakes. I'd be happy to share with local builders. BYOC (Bring Your Own Containers).

Steve