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because many different surfaces have different porous surfaces that will accept cover coatings in a different manner. Example-- wood has a very porous surface...if you shelac, let dry and then sand with a regular piece of writing paper the shelac coating will turn into an extreme smoothe coating making it easier for the next coat to go on much smoother than the one before that.

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to make people buy it it makes it look nicer/better

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