<!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 name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Barn,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not sure with it being mahogany in color and haven't yet done any polyester repairs myself, however, I ran across these free training videos online from Ruth Phillips the other day that may help.  Most repairs they are saying you can repair without respraying.  The repair kits are rather pricey, but should payoff after a couple jobs. You might contact her for her opinion also. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here's the link to the polyester repair procedures anyway for whoever is interested!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A href="http://alliedpiano.com/konig_training/player.html">http://alliedpiano.com/konig_training/player.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard W. Bushey<BR>Richard's Piano Service<BR><A href="http://www.RichardsPianoService.com">www.RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com">Rbushey@RichardsPianoService.com</A><BR>573-765-9903</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=barnyianni@gmail.com href="mailto:barnyianni@gmail.com">barnabas yianni</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 22, 2011 7:27 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Kawai K15 finish?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>ahoy there!</DIV>a client of mine has a long scratch on the bottom panel of his mahogany-style finish'd Kawai K15. <DIV>a bit of research reveals that its not a cellulose finish as i'd imagined, but a polyester...</DIV> <DIV>i plan to use acetone to blur the edges, and then just colour-fill with some wax, as i understand its not possible to touch-up small areas of polyester finish: ie, one must respray the whole panel.</DIV> <DIV>is this true? any other hints or tips would be greatly appreciated...</DIV> <DIV>thanks!</DIV> <DIV>- barn</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>  <br><hr>I am using the Free version of <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/len">SPAMfighter</a>.<br />SPAMfighter has removed 496 of my spam emails to date.<br /><br />Do you have a <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen">slow PC?</a> Try free scan! </BODY></HTML>