Yes, yes, well........ I lost the black goop on bridge top manual and now nobody seems to know why it was there in the first place. I will see if I can find the epoxy container(can). It sanded very easily. I was very impressed. But then...I am easily
Dale
So Dale, did you end up using generic epoxy primer fill - or does it have a name?!?!?! I'm very interested in what you used and how easy it was to apply and sand to a fair surface. Looks real nice.
Oh, but you forgot to put that black goop on the bridge top! (Sorry to tell you that now after it's already been strung ;-)
Terry Farrell
On Jan 4, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:
Last month I posted about a plate that had a flaking finish. So after suggestions by many of you we had the plate sandblasted last and did an epoxy primer fill.
Jacob and I did 3 coats of it filling in rough spots in the casting in between the first 2. After sssssssanding everything flat the 3 coat on went on quite smoth.
A final sanding and then the usual acrylic top coat with bronzing powders gold. This followed by 3 clear coats. the string no,serial no are applied before the last clear coat. Finally we lettered the embossing. It turned out quite stellar. The epoxy primers are beautiful to work with. I would not hesitate to do this again. It will by necessity be a more expensive process depending on what your blaster charges and the primer is about 50 bucks. There is several more hours of labor too so it is not a cheap trick.
That said it is a 1911 Steinway B getting everything and was necessary.
Thanks especially to Greg Newell as well as the other suggestions by all for help.
2 more picture are coming
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