How much tone is lost by PAINTING a soundboard with gray primer ????( YUCK! !!)

[Greg Newell]

If the grey paint is indeed primer, it should be 
shellac based as I think most primer is. If 
that's the case perhaps alcohol will loosen it 
enough to scrub it off with a scotch brite pad or something.

Greg Newell



At 04:28 AM 8/25/2007, you wrote:
>I have little doubt that a coat of grey paint is 
>the least of the soundboard problems associated with an S&S old upright.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>     Quite a  lot, I'd suspect. I just picked up this
>>Steinway upright, and found rather thick, gray paint
>>all over thre back posts and soundboard.
>>Gray sandable primer is, I believe rather soft
>>( = sound absorbing. ) If I have time, I'll get a
>>bunch of carbon filters for my gas-mask, and try to
>>blast it off with lacquer thinner in my spray gun,
>>with a  bottle brush to get behind the posts.
>>     Peace,
>>     G
>

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