Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy

[Greg Newell]

Carl,
         No that's not what I meant. No shim involved. I meant to do a 
better job of closing the gap before the epoxy is applied.

Best,
Greg


At 04:38 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote:

>Greg, I think he meant using epoxy alone,  I suspect you are referring to 
>the glue holding a shim in Place.  No????
>
>Carl Meyer PTG assoc
>Santa Clara, Ca.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
>To: <andrew@birchcreek.org>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy
>
>
>>Personally I would want the repair visible. My thinking is that you want 
>>someone to know that the board has undergone some sort of repair and is 
>>not in perfect condition. Also, is the gap not able to be closed enough 
>>to almost eliminate a large swath of epoxy anyway? If you use Jon Page's 
>>"I" beam/ go bar clamp method the gap winds up so small the epoxy or 
>>gorilla glue that goes into it isn't plainly visible anyway.
>>
>>Greg Newell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 03:43 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote:
>>>Hello--
>>>
>>>Does any know how to color epoxy, when being used in sound board repair, so
>>>that it matches the rest of the wood?  The way that I've seen recent repairs
>>>using epoxy, the former cracks are solidly repaired-- BUT stand out like a
>>>SORE THUMB because the epoxy dries in a much darker color.  Any one have a
>>>suggestion?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Andrew Olson
>>>Sturgeon Bay, WI
>>>
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>>Greg Newell
>>Greg's piano Forté
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Greg Newell
Greg's piano Forté
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