This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Regarding dust on a freshly varnished soundboard. Maybe one 5-foot by = however-long-a-piano-you-commonly-work-on sheet of whatever - something = light - maybe even plastic in a simple frame - to lay across the top of = the piano immediately after applying varnish. The dust concern is why I = have not used varnish on a board, but I think maybe my next one will get = varnish. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Love=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Varnishing Soundboards I've always used spar varnish. I like how it looks. In this case I = modified the technique given in the article a bit. I sanded first to = 220. Then a diluted the varnish 1:3 with turpentine, saturated the = wood, sanded it in with 320 and wiped off the excess. Then I brushed on = a heavier coat and let it dry as normal. Afterwards, I sanded in one = more coat using extra fine 3M synthetic steel wool and wiped off the = excess again. I just finished this coat and though it leaves a really = nice feeling surface, it is not the glossy finish that one would have if = you brushed the final coat. It is somewhere in between satin and gloss. = Rather nice actually. But the jury is still out. I may brush on one = final coat if I decide I want the glossy finish. There is something = about a glossy varnish finish on an old board that has a real richness = that I like. I just hate trying to work so dust free in my small = production shop. David Love ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/10/78/c1/f1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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