This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Mark I'm aware of the many amazing properties of shellac but it just never = occurred to me to try it in this application until you guys tweaked my = duh! barrier. This might be my answer.I'm in the middle of a plate job = that is a very long and arduous story. Thanks Dale Erwin ----- Original Message -----=20 From: bases-loaded@juno.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Plate Finish, was Varsol Hi Dale - It would be very unlikely for you to have a bleed thru problem like = you describe if you used shellac as your barrier coat. It is an = amazingly reliable coating, sticks to anything, isolates contaminants, = and provides a film that virtually any top coat will have good adhesion = to, esp, if you use the dewaxed version. FWIW Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:02:09 -0700 "Erwinpiano" = <Erwinpiano@email.msn.com> writes: Terry=20 Is the primer you use before spraying the laquer an enamel or just = something compatible with laquer? Is your final result prone to = chipping?, or does it stay a bit on the softer side and set up harder = over time. (which I like) Just curious as I am experimenting with some = different techniques including sandblasting to remove rust and animal = urine then building back up with automotive productsof various kinds.Yes = it's a pain but I've had some preexsistent stains return to discolor = spots in my final topcoats over time. Dale Erwin =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 6:19 AM Subject: Re: Plate Finish, was Varsol "Using shellac for the first coat should prevent the fish eye." I don't use shellac, but I hear/read so much about it, I have no = doubt it is an excellent way to go. What I do use for my plates though, = is grey (any color is fine I'm sure) metal primer that I buy at the = auto-parts store. I just use it to hit areas that I have sanded through = to the bare metal. Sand lightly after dry. Then I finish with spray can = gold laquer. I like to just keep it simple. As long as I am using the = spray can laquer for the finish, I find it very easy to use the spray = can primer. I have had excellent results. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jolly roger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 1:48 AM Subject: RE:S&S plate touch up & Varsol Hi Diane, Varsol must be a Canadian type thing, for some = thing you guy's call some thing else. Two great Nations separated by a = common language. ( Churchill I think.) None of the paint stores I went to know what Varsol is...... I bought a good quality gold enamel and one of those = fill-it-yourself spray bottles. It looks much better except for the = fish-eyes Using shellac for the first coat should prevent the fish eye. = The oxidization is probably attacking the finish from below. Just a = calculated guess. Some of the more expert finishers could probably give = advice in this area. I have done one plate in this manner. The grey market Yamaha just = 2yrs ago. The finish seems to be holding up OK. But more time will = tell. Weather it will eventually eat it's way through again, I do not = know. But I do know shellac can be a very effective sealer. Leave for = several days to harden, before applying the finsh coat. Hope this may help. Regards Roger Diane Hofstetter=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/70/88/d7/f4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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