piano refinishing

[Greg Newell]

Thanks Jon! You've been a wealth of information.

Greg Newell

At 02:35 PM 6/10/2002, you wrote:
>At 11:11 AM 6/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>1) what is banding?
>
>Banding is the development of thicker portions of finish as a result of 
>overlap from spraying in only one direction
>
>>2) When you speak of sanding direction you mean block sanding right? I 
>>fail to see how sanding direction would help with a random orbit sander.
>
>Even with an orbital sander, overlap can cause thinner areas if the same 
>sanding direction orientation is kept.
>
>>3) what do you use to pad the surface if you get a sag?
>
>A soft cloth (not terry cloth) wadded into a smooth blotter. Sometimes you 
>get real lucky and it disappears.
>Regards,
>
>Jon Page,   piano technician
>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net