<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>McCloskey still makes spar varnish, and Highland Hardware sells it ( along with plenty of other "neat stuff" -- just check out their website) but if one were to speak with one of McCloskey's chemists, what would one be asking for, please, Joe? <br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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Re: [pianotech] Restringing Liquid - Should Be Pindriving Fluid<G> <br>
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<div>That is precisely what you DO NOT want to use. It has all of the extra crap in it that will cause problems.</div>
<div>However, I do recognize the "term".<G> I use the very best Spar Varnish, I can find, for the finish on Soundboards. But, that is a whole new subject, that I can pontificate about, ad nauseum.<G></div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4;"><b>From:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="jrpiano@bellaliant.net" ymailto="mailto:jrpiano@bellaliant.net" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">John Ross</a> </div>
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<div><br></div><font size="2">Does Spar Varnish ring a bell with anyone?
<div>John Ross,</div>
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<div>I remember reading on pianotech many moons ago, about a liquid Techs <br>use when restringing. It make it easier to knock the pins in but then it <br>sets increasing the torque. As the old search is no longer there and <br>I can't get my head round the new system. Anyone on here know what it <br>is called and what is in it<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Barrie,<br>Essentially, pin driving fluid is nothing more than the base substance for<br>Varnish, only without all the extra things that make it set up and be a<br>specific type of varnish. A lot of those things are called "driers". Some<br>of the added things work against what we want it to do, in this<br>application. Our goal is to make the tuning pin go into the undersized hole<br>with the least amount of trauma to the wood. Once the pin is in the wood,<br>it needs to provide a smooth friction interface between the tuning pin and<br>the wood. Or to put it another way, to provide a
controllable, (if that is<br>really possible<
G>), friction in regards to consistantly drilled holes in<br>the pinblock material. What we don't want is "poppy" tuning pins. Another<br>thing that the pin driving fluid does, is to seal the wood, so that it is<br>less reactive to humidity changes. If regular Varnish is used, (with all<br>it's extra additives), It's been my experience that the end result will be<br>inconsistant torque and "poppy" pins. <br>I used to get my pin driving fluid from Rhodda Paints. They no longer make<br>Varnish, so they no longer have that particular base in stock. I still have<br>some. It's almost20 years old. I am noticing a change in its composition<br>and ability to do what I want it to. I suspect when it goes South, I'll<br>simply go to the drilling system that Nossaman uses. (with perhaps<br>something to swab the holes with, which I have not clue what, at this<br>point.<G>) There other paint manufacturers that still
make Varnish. You'll<br>need to, directly, contact their L
aboratory, to get the base substance.<br>One of those manufacturers is Miller Paints. I'm sure there are others.<br>Hope that helps.<br>Joe<br><br><br>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>Captain of the Tool Police<br>Squares R I<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></font></blockquote></td>
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