Refinishing - Stripping & Stain Uneveness

[Farrell]

Hi Greg. What are you filling grain with? I have always used marine-oriented filler/stain in the past. I am interested in going water-based just to cut down the fumes.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Refinishing - Stripping & Stain Uneveness


> Terry,
>          You can stain, sure, but start with an anneline or a water based 
> dye first. That will help make the color much more even.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> At 03:23 PM 4/26/2003, you wrote:
> 
> >Refinishing question. I started stripping a piano - the typical reddish 
> >stained mahogany. The finish was original. I have always used chemical 
> >strippers before but I am trying scraping this time. The scraping seems to 
> >go easy and well, except that you end up with some areas of stain largely 
> >removed and some areas remaining, resulting in a blotchy appearance. I 
> >have sanded, and that helps a little, but it is still blotchy and sanding 
> >is tough because the sandpaper just loads up in three seconds flat.
> >
> >My guess is that when I re-stain (will be going with a similar color) some 
> >blotchyness will remain. Using chemical strippers in the past has yielded 
> >fairly even-colored wood to work with - so I don't really know what will 
> >happen if the blotchy color is stained. Anyone with any experience with 
> >this? Recommendations? Thanks.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >
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> Greg Newell
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> 


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