Don, This is great! Like Charles, I have (usually) been able to find what I need at a Sherwin-Williams store. Also, local to this part of Northern CA is Kelly-Moore paints, who will special order in (relatively) small lots. I'll be interested to know what you think of the tone... Best. Horace At 09:20 AM 12/4/2004, you wrote: >List, > >Not long ago there was a thread on lacquer. There was some discussion >about water white nitrocellulose but there was no mention on where to >obtain it. I looked around the area and no stores handle water white >nitrocellulose. This lead me to the web. Here is a link with a basic >description if you are interested: > >http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Water_white_lacquers.html > >I'm not an expert on web searches so it was impossible for me to find any >distributors of this product in the east. I did find the product and a >distributor in CA. The product is from US Cellulose and the distributor is >Liberon Supply. Here is a page from their site: > >http://www.liberonsupply.com/USCBase.html > >Unfortunately one cannot buy anything smaller than a gallon. The price is >reasonable for the gallon but with the shipping and HASMAT fee it costs >$47.63. Well what the heck, I bought one! > >The gallon arrived yesterday so I have not had a chance to try some hammer >hardening with it. The solids are 24% by weight and it is fairly clear. >Mixed with thinner it looks very clear. Eric Schandall was here for a >visit last week (another story) and he gave me a bit of the Steinway mix >that is unavailable to us. Attached is a pic of four bottles with >different hardeners. From the left, the first is standard nitrocellulose >lacquer from most hardware stores, next is the Steinway mix(3:1), US >Cellulose mix (5:1) and finally the acetone mix from the Pianotek pellets. >If the reproduction on your screen is accurate, the US Cellulose is the >most clear of the four. > >The information from the woodweb site says that water white will yellow >with time. Of course that is on wood applications. It will be interesting >to see how the hammers will look in time. How much time is anyone's guess. > >Don McKechnie >Ithaca College > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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