<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV><SPAN class=500230413-12072007>Try a high pressure washer, it may work and leave plate in better shape than sand blasting. I sandblasted a plate years ago and it needed fill to smooth the surface. It would be worth a try, you may be able to rent a unit.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500230413-12072007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500230413-12072007> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Piano Tuner / Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Musicstop Acoustic Piano Service</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>264 Herring Cove Road</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Halifax, NS, Canada</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>B3P 1M1</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>902-221-1540</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>902-496-0041 Fax</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A href="http://www.musicstop.com/">www.musicstop.com</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> BobDavis88@aol.com [mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Stripping a plate<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hello all you who do your own plate finishing,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I haven't had much trouble in this regard until now. We have a spray booth and have always sanded and finished our own plates. However, there is a plate in the shop now that was previously refinished (with I don't know what), and the finish is severly cracked. We have tried sanding down through it, but it doesn't seem practical or effective - the cracking is all the way through the finish. I want it <STRONG>all</STRONG> gone, so its unknown qualities don't affect the new finish. We are thinking our only choices are to strip, or to sandblast. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Has anyone had experience with either? The only other plate we stripped completely was years ago, and I remember that it took off the original japanning as well as the finish, leaving the original roughness of the casting, and took an awful lot of hand work and fillers to smooth it. I expect that sandblasting would be more controllable as to depth, but I don't know if it would leave a smooth enough surface. Any ideas? Any?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <HR> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<BR>It has removed 2423 spam emails to date.<BR>Paying users do not have this message in their emails.<BR>Try <A href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</A> for free now!<BR></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/897 - Release Date: 7/11/2007 9:57 PM<BR> </FONT> </P>