After the gouges are filled, apply a thinned coat of sanding seaaler and rub down with fine no-load sandpaper or steel wool (or ScotchBrite). The cut the black gloss laquer 50/50 or so and apply with a soft 2" brush (adequate ones imported from China used to be available in artist supply stores, but haven't seen any for awhile.) If the laquer is thinned properly, you'll get hardly any brush marks. Two coats is plenty. After it is dry enough, rub it all down with fine steel wool or ScotchBrite. Rub in the same direction as the grain. The ones I've done like this turned out looking like a million bucks, and it's relatively fast and cheap. Sounds like you havn't stripped the old finish down to the wood- make sure the old finish is compatible with the sanding sealer and laquer. Walter Sikora, RPT Chapel Hill, NC On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Gordon R. Gibson wrote: > Having an terribly beat-up, but fairly good insides of a grand on > which I teach - I would like to make it look better by ebonizing it. I > have smoothed out the huge gouges and scratches in the old finish - but > now I need some help in how to proceed to ebonize it. Has anyone any > experience with this process. I did some furniture years ago in the > fashion of ebonizing - but all I remember is that I used lacquer spray - > am I on the right track? >
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