<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C63621.754FC2E0"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks, guys.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Am I to understand that naphtha = won’t remove the decal? <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The = underside of the top actually was not in nearly as bad shape as the outer parts, but = still looks like alligator skin!!! <span = style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’ve got some = “before” <span class=SpellE>pics</span>, maybe I’ll try to figure out how to = post them when I get some “after” shots—some interesting ones, including a true “band-aid” repair of a bridle strap (and = the obligatory petrified mouse, but nobody wants to see = that!)!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font = size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </span></font></div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font = size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Potter<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, February = 20, 2006 1:01 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName = w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName><br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Refinishing = dilemma</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Hi John -<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>I concur completely with your remedy for your dilemma.  = Clean it up as good as you can and leave it as is for an easy demo of 'before and after'.  Before refinishing the top side be sure to = meticulously tape off the underside to protect it from solvents and marring.  I use = the blue "safe release" masking paper with 4-5 layers of = newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Mark Potter<br> <br> <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>John Delmore <jodel@kairos.net></span></i></b> = wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Hi list!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have a bit of a refinishing dilemma.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The old Brinkerhoff = “lab” piano is coming to the end of stripping.<span = style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Underneath the top, there is a beautiful old Arts and Crafts = style “warranty” decal, probably quite avant-garde in 1916.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I haven’t been able to = locate a duplicate, and think the only way would be a really expensive custom reproduction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m = considering leaving the underside alone, maybe a clear coat to seal (it’s = pretty crackled).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>That would also = serve as kind of a neat “before and after” reminder.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m not really planning = on selling this! piano, just a learning experience.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Any thought, ideas, = opinions?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </blockquote> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>