Varnishing new tuning pins

Jon Page jpage@capecod.net
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:32:51 -0500


May I suggest a means to insure evenly lined beckets?
I have an info sheet and a jpg of the measuring device.
I can't help you on the varnish, I use powdered rosin.

Jon Page

At 12:26 PM 3/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm getting ready to do my first re-stringing job and am putting in new
>pins. As suggested by many on this list, I plan on swabbing the holes
>with varnish before inserting the new pins, and would appreciate some
>input on what kind of varnish. I looked at my local homecenter
>yesterday, and there's all kinds: oil based, water based, poly-whatever,
>etc. They did have one kind of "Satin Spar Varnish". The more specific
>the better (being the type that agonizes over such things).
>
>Thanks.
>-- 
>Jerry Hunt
>Dallas, TX
>Associate member PTG
>
>


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