<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ron,<div><br></div><div>I never used burnt shellac. How do you make it? Do you let the alcohol evaporate or do you somehow heat it? What's the right consistency?</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br><div><div>On Mar 25, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 3/25/2011 6:08 PM, Kerry Cooper wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">To coat the lead weights, I have been using shellac since my days as an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">apprentice in 1963. This works well as a sealant as player techs would know.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If the lead has started to oxidize, then it will grow and will need<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">replacing in the future. There has been discussion here in Oz about why in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">some pianos lead grows and others in the same room do not. When I was an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">apprentice, i was told to add zinc to the molten lead to stop or slow down<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this oxidization process.<br></blockquote><br>Yes, shellac works fine. More specifically, burnt shellac. It not only seals the surface, it sticks to the lead better than lacquer, and soaks in around the perimeter and glues loose leads in nicely in the process.<br>Ron N<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>