<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glad you mentioned the shellac barrier = coat. I've used it for years to contain contamination, but probably not as often as = you do .It does impart a beautiful richness to the darker woods as you said.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com" title=bases-loaded@juno.com>bases-loaded@juno.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 26, 2001 = 12:06 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Need info on old = Knabe</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>HI Wim -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As an added precaution, you might consider a 2-lb cut of de-waxed = shellac brushed on the surface (or spray two 1-lb cuts) as a good adhesion = coat and contamination barrier.  Shellac is wonderful when used this way = with the water-based products.  It all but eliminates adhesion problems, = and also is extremely flattering to woods like mahogany, rosewood, and walnut, something that some water-based products lack.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shellac also is completely compatible with solvent-based lacquer, = and I routinely used shellac as the initial clear coats when I sprayed nitrocellulose lacquer.  I continue that practice today with = water-based lacquers in almost every instance.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There's really not a compelling reason not to...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:33:42 -0600 "Paul" <<A = href="mailto:tunenbww@clear.lakes.com">tunenbww@clear.lakes.com</A>>= writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; = PADDING-LEFT: 10px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wim </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The oils in rosewood can cause fish = eyes in your lacquer. I'm not sure what there affect is with waterbased = finishes. I wash the rosewood down with lacquer thinner JUST BEFORE spraying it = and have had no problems. Maybe this veneer is old enough to have lost enough = oils so the problem won't exist. Test first. Maybe others will reply. I'd = like to hear how WB finishes work on such veneers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org" title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 24, = 2001 3:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Need info on old Knabe</DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>design. She = wants this to be original also. <BR><BR>Is there a secret to refinishing = rosewood? I heard that you don't lacquer <BR>rosewood, that you just use tung = oil. Any truth to that? <BR><BR>Willem</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>