Soundboard finishing follow up

[Wilsons]

Have you ever tried misting a little water and letting that settle the dust
maybe 20 minutes before applying the varnish?  That seems to help some if
your shop is small like mine, and dusty .... :)

Wally Wilson, RPT
Ravenswood, WV

At 03:49 PM 1/16/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Isaac:
>
>Over the past couple of years I've been thinning the varnish I use with
>turpentine just a bit (maybe 1:5, I don't really measure).  It seems to help
>the varnish flow on and level itself a little better.  Maybe covering does a
>similar thing by slowing down the drying time.  I realize that you would use
>a lint free type of cover.  It just seems that even moving the cover into
>place stirs up the dust.  I've pretty much given up on the idea that the
>surface will be totally pristine.  I usually put on varnish at night, after
>the shop has not seen any use for a couple of hours to let the dust settle
>and when the air is still.  The surface comes out pretty clean.
>
>David Love
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Isaac OLEG SIMANOT" <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: January 16, 2002 12:56 PM
>Subject: RE: Soundboard finishing follow up
>
>
>> hi David,
>>
>> A cover doe not mean a blancket in my poor English, but may be I am wrong.
>> I use the same thin polyethylene sheet I use for protecting actions (the
>> kind used by movers too) the film is absolutely clean .
>>
>> The traditional soundboard varnish I use takes a long time to dry, and I
>was
>> told to do that because of the dust of course, but too because it helps
>the
>> varnish to render well .
>>
>> For sure the drying time is not fast either.
>>
>> Isaac OLEG
>>
>> > -----Message d'origine-----
>> > De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
>> > de David Love
>> > Envoyé : mercredi 16 janvier 2002 16:31
>> > À : pianotech@ptg.org
>> > Objet : Re: Soundboard finishing follow up
>> >
>> >
>> > The problem isn't that it dries too fast, so slowing down that
>> > process isn't
>> > necessary.  Putting a cover over the piano after the varnish has gone
>down
>> > seems to stir up more dust than it protects from.
>> >
>> > David Love
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Isaac OLEG SIMANOT" <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr>
>> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> > Sent: January 15, 2002 11:48 PM
>> > Subject: RE: Soundboard finishing follow up
>> >
>> >
>> > > A cover on the piano helps the varnish ro take his time to dry,
>slowing
>> > the
>> > > solvents evaporation.
>> > > and protect of fly dust of course.
>> > >
>> > > Isaac OLEG
>> > >
>> > >    Wait till
>> > > > the air in the shop gets quiet.  Lay it on, tip toe out and hope
>> > > > for the best.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >David Love
>> > > > >
>> > > > David,
>> > > > I've been reading the posts on this topic and have been hesitant
>> > > > to jump in since I'm
>> > > > not a refinisher and rarely do this work myself.  However, I have
>> > > > finished a couple of
>> > > > soundboards in varnish.  I've used the Behlen violin varnish.
>> > > > Have you or others tried
>> > > > that?  It seems to dry quite rapidly by varnish standards.  Not
>> > > > too much problem with
>> > > > dust.  To my eye it gives a nice finish.  It seems to dry hard
>> > > > enough to sand out or
>> > > > buff out without too much wait time.  The downside is that it's
>> > expensive.

>> > > >
>> > > > Phil F
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