Bob, considering the vintage, I think your suspicions of a hybrid finish are correct -- but not on the same individual piece. IOW, color urethane cover coat over polyester base on some parts, lacquer on others. For speed and color match you might want to try 'RM-400' automotive lacquer instead of fooling with the urethane. Jim Harvey, RPT At 10:17 PM 10/5/99 -0500, you wrote: >I have a 20 year old Kawai UST-7 that I am interested in selling. >Before I do, however, I would like to pretty it up. It has multiple >small scratches and other various marks which I will fill in/rub out, >etc, (former school piano). The original finish does not appear to be >lacquer nor polyester. I am suspecting some sort of polyurethane >hybrid. It is somewhat harder than lacquer but not as hard as poly. [cut]
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