Major polyester repair

[Farrell]

If you are trying to do it on the cheep, fix it like you would fix a damaged fiberglass boat. Fill and fair with West System epoxy and refinish. Jon Page's suggestion of Pianolac may be the way to go if it blends in so well - perhaps you can get away without refinishing the whole top (although, I would imagine refinishing the whole top would be the way to go).

Check out http://www.westsystem.com/ and inquire at a marina about who repairs fiberglass boats.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles E Faulk" <cfaulk2@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: Major polyester repair


> I'm hoping someone might have some suggestions for repairing a
> Bosendorfer Imperial.
> 
> It seems someone got into the recital hall at Kansas State U. last
> weekend and set the piano cover on fire maybe with a lit candle or
> cigarette. Fortunately someone pre-empted the fire before it could do any
> serious damage.
> 
> A fairly large area of the front lid (bass corner) and the bass arm of
> the piano is now scorched. Some of the veneer is also burned and just
> hanging from the piano. I'm just glad that the inside of the Bosendorfer
> is unharmed.
> 
> I know that a lot of techs can do polyester repair on small dints and
> dings, but this calls for refinishing a relatively large area of the
> piano - up to two square feet. So I guess my question is: Does anyone
> know of a refinisher in the midwest who can do polyester refinishing? No
> matter what, it could be very expensive to fix this piano.
> 
> I'm also wondering if there is a quick and dirty way of repairing the
> piano without using polyester. The KSU Music Dept. most certainly doesn't
> have the kind of money it would take to fully restore the Bose to its
> former glory.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Charles Faulk, RPT
> Manhattan, KS 
> 
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