The rotten stone I used was like a small chunk of lava...it crumbled some as you rubbed the finish...seems to me this was at Western Iowa Tech...? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 9/1/2006 11:06:54 AM Subject: Keytops ?? :-( ... >Hi David >The stuff I have is like a really fine dark grey powder. Mail ordered >from the US. Funny story about it too.. The Norwegian Toll authorities >obviously thought this was a suspicious type package when it came in... >so they busted it open to search before letting it go through the >domestic mail delivery. One of the containers was half empty and there >was powder everywhere in the box... :) Usually they charge a hefty >import toll for things from the states... on top of the usual VAT. They >musta been a bit embarrassed as I got it delivered to my door free of >all the usual charges. >I'll see if I can find an address on this stuff. Its actually perfect >for the job of putting a satin finish on keytops. >Cheers >RicB >------ >Years ago when I refinished pianos, we used rotten stone to break up the >old finish before applying stripper...very rough stuff...don't know why >the difference between the two... >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, CA 94044
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