Removing paint from the woodwork.

[Farrell]

Paint remover or a scraper. Are you hoping to remove the white and leave the original finish? That might be quite a trick. I would suggest either go with the bathtub stars, or strip it to bare wood and start from scratch.

I've used liquid strippers previously. I am going to try scraping on my next piano. Did a little on a square grand and it seems to work well. I've got some nice scrapers from Pianotek. In fact, I may start doing this real soon as my soundboard spruce is busy drying over the next week or two.

I've never really used a scraper before. Anyone care to offer some words of wisdom for the masses?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:25 AM
Subject: Removing paint from the woodwork.


> Hello all.
> 
> I have a small grand in my shop that has been painted white, with a roller
> and brush..The piano will be going through a metamorphosis, and it belongs
> to me, not a client...hey, I got it for nothing!
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions to best remove this lovely color from this
> piano.
> 
> Thanks all,
> 
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
> 
> 
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