I built a small bedside chest that has a couple pieces of wood at corners with end grain showing. I didn't think of it beforehand and should have designed it with all mitered corners not just some....too late now. I'm concerned the end grain will take up more of the varnish top coat and be noticeable. I'm thinking of putting a coat of shellac on the exposed end grain to prevent this. I got to thinking if I have some parts of the case wood with shellac on them, should I put a coat of shellac on all parts? I would then spray the top coat on top of the shellac. Tht's something I had to do once because some of the wood was very oily.The result was just fine. It's just more work and I have no problem with that, or do I just need shellac (or something else) on the exposed end grain? Comments and suggestions are always very welcome. Thanks in advance. Don M