jim krentzel wrote: > > List, > I've refinished pianos for over 15 years, but a grand that I'm working on > now has me stumped. The entire piano has refinished just fine with the > exception of the large lid. After the second series of sealer coats, the > finish develops small bubbles. The bubbles feel like bumps about the size > of a pin head, but after wet-sanding, they are small craters, so I know they > were actually bubbles in the finish. After the first time this happened, I > stripped the lid again and started over. I had the normal amount of > fish-eye on the lid, but it went away after the first 4 coats of sealer > (with fish-eye eliminator) were wet-sanded flat. Then after the 4th added > sealer coat, the bubbles appeared. I'd appreciate any suggestions. > Jim Krentzel Jim, I'm no expert, but I had something like that once myself. It turned out to be water in the air supply. I was using a dryer filter-one of the throw away types that cost a fortune--and simply overused its capacity. Hope you find something simple like this as well. Please let us know the results of your investigation/correction. Joseph Alkana RPT
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