[pianotech] Plate finishing

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Apr 1 13:21:30 MDT 2010


I've tried the water base clear with bronze powder mixed in - the  
bronze gets tarnished and turns brownish.

Terry Farrell

On Apr 1, 2010, at 7:41 AM, jimialeggio wrote:

>
>> I use water based finishes from Target Coatings to spray plates
> I've been trying to figure out how to do this...Yay for you!
>> The powders have to be mixed into the sanding sealer, then after  
>> spraying the gold powder-sanding sealer mix I spray a few coats of  
>> sanding sealer clear with out the powder to seal the gold color coat.
>> Larry Hofner
>>
> So is this sanding sealer their water base product or solvent based?
>
> I've alway thought that a water based application here would be more  
> friendly in this application, since it is by nature more flexible.   
> How do you find it performs in the chipping department later on.
>
> I'm already using water base  products  for the  all other  
> finishing.....by the way I would love to see the Journal find  
> someone who could introduce techs to these environmentally  
> responsible products, which, by the way, are much much easier to be  
> around in the shop environment...Aurthur Grudko comes to mind...
> Jim I
>
> -- 
> Jim Ialeggio
> grandpianosolutions.com
> 978- 425-9026
> Shirley, MA
>



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