Hiya, I'm building a box made of lacewood to house my Grandfather's urn as he passed away yesterday. This will ultimately be buried and quite frankly, it probably doesn't matter to a soul but me, I would like the box to remain intact for as long as possible. I'm considering the following for finishing: BLO, then Shellac (prolly garnett or orange although I do have some blonde here somewhere) and was thinking epoxy would give me the best protection. Can epoxy be put over Shellac and remain there? I've heard of epoxy peeling from oil but with shellac in the middle, I was curious.
I know asphalt or tar would probably be the ticket but that kind of ruins it doesn't it? Anyway, thanks very much for your inputs. Cheers, cc