Finish question

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Hi Paul -
Call Supergrit @ 800-822-4003.  Best abrasive company I know of.  Also at
www.supergrit.com

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:04:41 -0600 "Paul" <tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>
writes:
> Mark
> Who is your supplier for the gray Scotch Brite rolls. It's only 
> available in
> cut sheet form and expensive.  Steel wool has been a stand by 
> because it is
> readily available here.  I have used it with several buffing medias,
> including wool wax (which is the paste form of  Murphy's Oil Soap). 
> Inherent
> lap marks are reduced using water and a lubricant. It also reduces 
> steel
> wool dust. Clean up on ebony is tricky and prone to streaking from 
> residue.
> The dual wiping technique eliminates it.
> 
> Paul Chick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bases-loaded@juno.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Finish question
> 
> 
> > Like Jon, I have begun to favor the gray scotchbrite over steel 
> wool for
> > rubbing to satin.  In particular, I buy it in long rolls and like 
> to use
> > it in "drywall hand-sanding blocks", which are app. 3" x 9" and 
> allow
> > clamping the scotchbrite pad onto a perfectly flat block w/handle. 
>  I
> > find that it is MUCH  easier to maintain a straight-line pattern 
> when the
> > wool/scotchbrite is on a block like this, particularly on the 
> larger
> > surfaces..
> >
> > I also like to use "wool wax" or "wool lube" for this process, as 
> a
> > lubricant (essentially soapy water), to ensure more uniformity in 
> the
> > scratch pattern.
> >
> > Mark Potter
> > bases-loaded@juno.com
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:30:52 -0500 Jon Page <jonpage@mediaone.net>
> > writes:
> > > At 04:48 PM 10/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >But unfold the steel wool and use it with the strands
> > > >perpendicular to the grain.  Less deep scratches that way.
> > > >
> > > >                 Newton
> > >
> > >
> > > Use gray Scothch Brite and you won't have the 'banding' caused 
> by
> > > the steel
> > > wool.
> > >
> > > With steel wool you have to physically lift the wool off the 
> surface
> > > to
> > > start a new scratch-pattern.
> > > With Scotch Brite you can 'walk' it across the surface.
> > >
> > > The biggest benefit is that there is no steel wool dust to 
> breathe
> > > in.
> > >
> > > Happy Halloween,
> > > Jon Page,   piano technician
> > > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> > > mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
>