Newly Refinished Plate/Avoiding damage

[Charles E. Faulk]

Years ago we did a study on plate damage in the Baldwin factory. This
will come as no comfort to most, but we found that adequate cure time -
lots of it - was the best solution. We had to adjust our production
schedule on plate finishing to allow more time before bolting and
stringing. It improved things greatly. 

In light of that now I sand blast and do filler repair on the first day.
Prime the finish on the second day. Wait a week. Sand the primer and
spray the bronze. Wait a week. I like to use a one-step bronze finish
that can be repaired easily.

Sorry I can't pursue this further with you, but I'm signing off to go to
Dallas. Hope to see many of you there.

Regards,

Charles Faulk 
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:13:18 -0500 Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net>
writes:
> 
> >As a rule I like to put brass washers between the plate(finish) and 
> the
> >bolts. If the plate is held in with screws that are in a 
> countersink, I have
> >my finisher tell me when he is going to shoot it and I'll be there 
> with
> >countersink, etc., to ream the contact points for the screws. I 
> also do the
> >duplex thingees, down to the iron. I posed this question several 
> months ago
> >and got little or no response. That darned Lacquer will chip if you 
> look at
> >it cross-eyed. I have gotten pretty good at touching up the little 
> "divots"
> >that occur while stinging, etc. When setting the plate, 
> (in-out-in-out,
> >etc.), it's a good idea to have canvas or nylon "slings" that won't 
> mar the
> >guilding, etc.
> >Will that suffice Mr Thank You?<G>
> >Best Regards,
> >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> 
> And with us going to all this trouble for something as simple as 
> keeping 
> the plate finish intact, what do manufacturers do in production, by 
> the 
> tens of thousand?
> 
> Ron N
> 
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