I have good success with water borne lacquer. It will rub out just like nitro. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Artisan of Wood WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Renaud" <drjazzca@yahoo.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: Danish oil finish? > As a piano technician I have never charged for > refinishing, but have had occasion tp finish a few of > my own grands for resale. Tried laqure once, toxic > stuff. Tried varnish a few times, takes lots of coats. > > > My question concerns Danish oil, tung oil and the > like. > > I currently have a mahogany baby Hientzmn grand > that is stripped and now stained;looking very good as > is, but now requires finish coat(s). Ive used danish > oil on a few things items around the house & they look > good. Does anyone have an opinion on doing this to a > piano. Advantages are it is one step, easy, > natural wood, and easily uniform. On the other hand > perhaps it really needs to be sealed up with something > more substantial. And there may be other factors here > I am not thinking of. > > Thinking about it, any objections will be take > seriously. > > David Renaud > Canada > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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