I watched a Youtube video yesterday of a turner from Woodworkers Journal finishing a bowl. He dipped a 2" wide paintbrush into a can of Zinsser Sealcoat, slopped it over the bowl (that was mounted on the lathe), casually wiped off the excess, and then turned the lathe on and polished it up with a paper towel. He then put some briwax over it.

I am aware of, and have tried the "shine-juice" formula of shellac, BLO, and DNA (in my experience it works fine but isn't all that consistent or pretty), and I am no stranger to using Sealcoat as a primer, but I was surprised to see this very basic approach used successfully. My question is -- does anyone else use this approach? From the video it looked pretty good. I have always found working with shellac to require a bit more care because it dries so fast that you easily get streaks etc. I like the idea of just using shellac and not messing with the BLO and smelly DNA.

I suppose I could just try it, but I am curious if other folks do this...

Thanks,

-dan