Epoxies for reparing wood rot used on soundboards

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 02, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: Epoxies for reparing wood rot used on soundboards


> Del:
>
> In your experiments with salvaging a bit of tone from old soundboards by
> coating with epoxy, did you ever try using the epoxies that are design to
> repair rotten wood.  They, by their description, seem to be designed for
> greater penetration.


That is because they are thinned with a considerable amount of solvent.
Which is fine for what they are designed to do, but not for what I want it
to do. I'll stick to slow-curing coating epoxy.

Del