David, You might test this idea against some of the more expert opinions, but recently I needed to bleach out a set of keys, and they were pretty smooth to start with. I used the 2-part wood bleach from the home improvement store at the suggestion of someone on the list (Newton?) and the keys came out very white with a VERY pronounced grain. I was shooting for a smooth finish, but the grain was raised to such an extent that I ended up wet sanding, then going to steel wool and then buffing to get smooth again. So, you might try bleaching the keys out, that could possibly make the grain more pronounced and whiten them at the same time. Todd L. Mapes PTG Associate Member Fort Smith, AR On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:29:16 GMT "David Love" <lovedg@hotmail.com> writes: > > The original question was how do you raise the grain on an ivory in > the > event that you want a very pronounced grain. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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