Plastic Lakk

[Robert Goodale]

I would say that is probably NOT repairable since any repairs would
somehow require the existing finish to be softened so that the two
surfaces of a crack could "melt" back together in order to be seamless.
This sounds like an epoxy finish- sometimes popular on bar counters and
other such places.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV


Richard Brekne wrote:

> Hi List... ran into a piano today that had been dropped on its
> back and the owners claim that the laquer shattered as a result.
> There are certainly many long cracks in this very hard plastic
> laquer. Sort of like the long cracks a car window can get.
>
> I dont work on plastic laquer so I am wonderering if anyone out
> there can tell me if these kinds of cracks in the lakk are
> repairable, or does it mean basically that the piano has to be
> stripped and refinished ? There are about 25 cracks  spread over
> the whole piano, ranging from say 8 to 15 inches in length and
> penetraiting the entire depth of the finish. In a couple places
> it is already starting to loosen from the wood and flace up.