<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Doug, that´s interesting. I found the USA website of König and found French Polish. But on the German Site there is no Schellack or French Polish. I attented a class at König about scratch repair with the focus on Polyester, but all other surfaces were tought as well. I don´t remember that they offer French Polish in Germany.   How do you use the French Polish? As a quick and dirty method just applying with a bale or do you prepare the surface? What would you do with the fallboard example form Michael?   Gregor ------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de   <div>> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:36:20 -0500 > From: classicpianodoc@gmail.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] How to remove scratches > > Michael, > I repair such scratches all the time with French polishing. I gave a > seminar on it in Seattle. It is quite easy to do. It works so well for > this kind of thing because it only adds a thin layer of shellac and > there is no risk as there is with sanding and polishing. The beauty of > French polishing is it fills the scratches selectively without > building up finish on the non-scratched area. That is, it fills the > valleys up to the top of the hills leaving a glass-smooth surface. It > is also very safe and I often do it in the clients music room over an > Oriental carpet with no concern of odor or spills or overspray. I use > Konig Special French polish from www.konignorthamerica.com. Or google > Konig french polish. They also have videos. > > The alternate quick and dirty solution is to spray the fall board with > several coats of clear lacquer. Then fine sand and polish the new > lacquer without the danger of damaging the black underneath. I find > that polishing lacquer to a high polish is not that easy. I would sand > it with 400 and then 600 paper with water, dry, and then give a final > coat of spray that lays down flat. Do that outside if possible. The > fumes are strong. French polish still comes out better and is three > times as fast. There is no waiting for lacquer to dry and no sanding. > > See my web site to see French polishing before, during, and after. > www.classicpianodoc.com > > Doug Gregg > Classic piano Doc > Southold, NY > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:00:01 -0800 (PST) > From: MICHAEL MEZHINSKY <pghpianotuning@yahoo.com> > To: "pianotech@ptg.or" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: [pianotech] How to remove scratches > Message-ID: > <1359075601.24779.YahooMailNeo@web160205.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, > Can anyone suggest how?to remove scratches on the black lacquer finish > fall board on a 1932 piano or make it look better? > The picture is attached. > Thanks for your help. > Michael Mezhinsky RPT > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130124/dfc8a452/attachment-0001.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: mail[1].jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 7010 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130124/dfc8a452/attachment-0001.jpg> </div> </div></body> </html>