Spilled a whole quart of shellac on a customer's original 1920s floor

I was finishing a dresser in this old house in Pasadena, and my mixing cup tipped over, dumping the stuff right onto the original heart pine. I grabbed a rag and some denatured alcohol, but it started to set up fast. Anyone have a better method for a shellac spill on a finished floor?

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the_linda18d ago

Why are you even working with shellac on top of a historic floor in the first place? That seems like asking for trouble. Honestly, the denatured alcohol was probably the best you could do in a panic, and trying some fancy method might just make it worse. Sometimes you just have to live with the mistake and let the customer deal with the repair, right? What makes you think there's some magic fix for that kind of spill?

sandra20318d ago

But you can't just leave a client with a damaged floor.