Bridge cap materials

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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In a message dated 10/17/2002 12:31:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes:


> Subj:Re: Bridge cap materials 
> Date:10/17/2002 12:31:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
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> Would impregnating the wood with epoxy solve all this?
> It certainly would pevent moisture from getting into
> it in the future, and one could make the epoxy quite
> thin by a little lacquer thinner, or perhaps just a
> little warmth to insure that the wood absorbed  it
> well.
>      Thump
> 
>              Yeah It probabbly wood. I think Bob hofs PTJ article on 
> capping several years back stated he coats/dreches his bridge tops in 
> shellac. The thought was to reinforce the fibers and I think he's on the 
> right on track.  I coat/ seal my bridge notches with shellac followed by 2 
> coats of lacquer hey but why not just use a hypo oiler to fill up the holes 
> ,let dry hard overnight  before inserting the pins. Even maple is so porous 
> the shellac would completly soak in. I like this idea. If  epoxy comes 
> water thin like shellac wouldn,t that work too ?
>        Dale Erwin


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