How much tone is lost by PAINTING a soundboard with gray primer ????( YUCK! !!)

[Michael Magness]

On 8/24/07, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:
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> Why not try sandblasting?
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> Dean
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 9:47 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: How much tone is lost by PAINTING a soundboard with gray primer
> ????( YUCK! !!)
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>     Quite a  lot, I'd suspect. I just picked up this
> Steinway upright, and found rather thick, gray paint
> all over thre back posts and soundboard.
> Gray sandable primer is, I believe rather soft
> ( = sound absorbing. ) If I have time, I'll get a
> bunch of carbon filters for my gas-mask, and try to
> blast it off with lacquer thinner in my spray gun,
> with a  bottle brush to get behind the posts.
>     Peace,
>     G
>
> P.S. Thanks for all the answers to my felt-chopper
> query! Gave me some great ideas, and if I come up with
> someting different, I'll try to post some photos.
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> I'm not sure if you were kidding ot not Dean I did see an article in a
woodworking mag on blasting finish off of wood, not with sand but using
baking soda and a lower pressure.


-- 
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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www.IFixPianos.com
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