Barrie Heaton wrote: > > You've intreigued me, > > How do you persuade your clients to spray the frame in the home? I use > tins of celleluse spray and I try to do it outside, if I can't then I > wheel it out of my workshop down the bottom of the garden and into to > garden shed. Where I spray it in there. The reason for this is the > over spray, it gets everywhere and tarnishes any metal surfaces such as > your tools. The smell is horrendous. Breatheing aparatus is required. > Just currious how you get away with it. > > I always remove my frames however I use clout nails (the sort builders > use when refelting roofs) they have a very large head and I use them for > the agraft holes. > > Barrie. > > In article <333D9187.58DD@asan.com>, jptuner <jptuner@asan.com> writes > >hello all, > > I have been wondering when spraying plates with spray paint, > >can the oils from the paint effect the pin block,of course when i > >restring i always spray the plate to make it look good, the plate does > >not come out ,these are restringing jobs in homes or my shop, i have > >restrung close to a 100 or so pianos and have not had a problem yet.But > >does it or could it effect the pin block.PS I have never used a clear > >coat on the finish, but my results are very pleasing,i will try the > >clear on my next job. > > jptuner! > > > > -- > > Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly > URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour > The UK PIano Page | > pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED hello barrie, When i spray a plate in the home i always spray light coats and the smell is not that bad i have never had a complaint.I open a window and do it,it takes me a half of can of paint to clean up the plate to look new.The paint i use has very little overspray and covers very well so you dont have to go crazy.The only time i remove a plate is to shim the sound board or change the pin block,just to spray the plate i feel you can get a great job done just with a good masking job and preping of the plate and some good spraying technique with out the hassle of removing the plate and then reinstalling it. jptuner NYC
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