David, The best way I know is taking down the sides and gluing on new veneer before new key tops. I have never tried it while trying to preserve existing new tops. When there have been just a few, I have used wood filler, but it's not long term and not the best fix. Al Guecia -------------------------------------------------- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:05 PM To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Filling fingernail gouges in sides of keys > What substances have people been satisfied with to fill fingernail gouges > on > the sides of keys. The set has new keytops so it would be nice to use > something that won't dissolve them and is reasonably durable and a fair > match in appearance. > > David Love > davidlovepianos at comcast.net > www.davidlovepianos.com > > >
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