Murphys Soap and a mild plastic scouring pad applied with care will work. Carereful on the decal, Q tips to blend as much as you can. Posts are zinging in.. Gordon S., Mark P.andWayne W. have responded, Conrad H, just hit as I was typing. My advice is: read them all and go forth. Just a opinion...:-) Hubert Liverman Tuner/tech Opelika,Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Refinishing dilemma > Clean with steel wool and naptha ( wear mask )and > spray with topcoat, OR, mask off decal as well as > possible and strip around. I'd go with 1st suggestion. > Thump > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > --- John Elmore <jodel@kairos.net> wrote: > > > Hi list! > > I have a bit of a refinishing dilemma. The old > > Brinkerhoff "lab" piano is > > coming to the end of stripping. Underneath the top, > > there is a beautiful > > old Arts and Crafts style "warranty" decal, probably > > quite avant-garde in > > 1916. I haven't been able to locate a duplicate, > > and think the only way > > would be a really expensive custom reproduction. > > I'm considering leaving > > the underside alone, maybe a clear coat to seal > > (it's pretty crackled). > > That would also serve as kind of a neat "before and > > after" reminder. I'm > > not really planning on selling this piano, just a > > learning experience. Any > > thought, ideas, opinions? > > John > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 > >
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