Followed with great interest the recent thread on our collegue's problem with fisheyes. Got me to thinking: used my PianoLac on some 25 pianos with nary a fisheye. Could it be that none of these instruments were treated with Pledge? Unlikely, so I did the following experiment. 1. Took a square foot piece of cherry veneered plywood, sanded with 150 paper. 2. Sprayed a generous coat of Pledge, waited 15 minutes, wiped off residue with a paper towe. 3. Sprayed 4 thin coats of PianoLac Sanding Sealer/Barrier Coat/Pore Filler, waiting 30 minutes between coats, no sanding between coats. 4. After overnight wait, sanded lightly with 320, tacked off with damp rag. 5. Spayed thin coat of PianoLac Clear Gloss Topcoat. No fisheyes. Not after any of the sealer coats, not after the first clearcoat. 6. Continued spraying clear, with no problems at all. By the way , the pores were closed out after the last coat of sealer. Tried the same thing without using any sealer: fisheyes galore. I included "Barrier Coat" in the name because the sealer presents an anti-grain raising barrier to my topcoat. I didn't realize it appparently seals in fisheye causing wax and silicone, and doesn't fisheye itself. Arthur Grudko, PianoLac 845-855-0996
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