<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mark - thanks for the input. I did have shellac durability questions in the back of my mind. What do/would you use as a clear satin top coat over gold (metallic) lacquer?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net">Mark Potter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 27, 2007 10:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Plate Removal & Spraying</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><B><I>Farrell <<A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>I have had some troubles when trying to put a top coat of clear lacquer over the gold - using a non-lacquer is likely a good idea - someone wrote about shellac, perhaps the best idea of all.<BR><BR><STRONG>As much as I like and find many uses for shellac, I wouldn't consider it the best choice as a top coat for a plate.  I would worry about </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>1. it being less resistant to marring (from tools, paper clips, pens, hair clips, etc) and to spills than many other finish choices; </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>2.  </STRONG><STRONG>I find it doesn't lay nearly as flat as other sprayable finishes; </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>3. is generally only available in gloss (you CAN create satin & semi with the addition of talc); </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>4. had better be pretty fresh if you want good performance; </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>5. and even the palest blond shellac will color the gold to some extent, although that may not be undesirable.  </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>While shellac is clearly a superior choice to many finishes in some applications, I just think there are too many superior alternatives to shellac for clear-coating a plate.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Mark Potter</STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>