Stain Stripping

Stéphane Collin collin.s@skynet.be
Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:40:02 +0200


Hello Gordon.

I do this routinely, without catastrophies.  Because no other way gets me 
satisfied, uptill now.

Best regards,

Stéphane Collin.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Stain Stripping


> Sorry, Stefan. He'll never sand to "bare wood" without
> going through the veneer, and generally making a mess
> out of it. DO NOT NEVER EVER ATTEMPT TO EVEN THE TONE
> OF VENEERED WOOD BY SANDING !!!!!!!!!
> You will sand through, end up with concavities, etc..
>
> --- Stéphane Collin <collin.s@skynet.be> wrote:
>
>> Hello Terry.
>>
>> I would sand to bare wood (carefully) and restain.
>> (But who am I ?)
>>
>> Best wishes.
>>
>> Stéphane Collin.
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Farrell
>>   To: Mailing list for piano refinishers. ;
>> pianotech@ptg.org
>>   Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:39 PM
>>   Subject: Stain Stripping
>>
>>
>>   I stripped the finish off the inside of the case
>> (rim) of a piano I am working on. I used a
>> methylene-chloride-free product called Dyna-Strip 2,
>> sold by Pianolac. One application of stripper left
>> on overnight removed the finish completely - it
>> literally fell off - no scraping required at all.
>> I'm very happy with that aspect of the results.
>>
>>   In some areas, hunks of the stripper slid down the
>> face of the rim - it still removed the finish - but
>> in those areas, less stain was removed. So now I
>> have shadows of light and dark where there was an
>> apparent difference in stain removal.
>>
>>   What is the best way to address these stain
>> shadows?
>>
>>   Terry Farrell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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