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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mark,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you stain before filling grain, when =
sanding the
dried grain filler, how do you avoid sanding through the shellac and/or =
stain? I
seem to be grain-fill/stain challanged! Are you using water based grain
filler?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you don't use grain filler, =
how many
coats of top-coat do you find is required to get a level finish - or do =
you live
with the grain depressions in this approach?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B><I>Greg Newell <<A
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<P>Mark,<BR>So during the finishing process is when you re-add the =
missing
<BR>filler and stain, right?<BR><BR>Greg Newell</P>
<P><STRONG>Hi Greg -</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Yes. First I would use dyes to get the color I =
want, then
seal them with a wash coat of shellac. If I AM gonna use =
filler
that would be next, although oftentimes I don't use it. Then, =
if
necessary, a few very thin toning coats (tinted shellac, usually) on =
miscellaneous pieces to even up the color ( and, BTW, this does NOT =
have to
make the finish look muddy, as you earlier suggested!), then on with =
the
coats of finish.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Mark Potter</STRONG><BR><BR><BR>At 06:06 AM 2/18/2005, =
you
wrote:<BR>>Greg Newell =
<GNEWELL@AMERITECH.NET>wrote:<BR>><BR>>When
those of you who do, refinish a piano do you remove the filler
during<BR>>the stripping process?<BR>><BR>>Hi Greg - It is =
not a
"goal", per se, for me. Whatever volunteers to <BR>>come out =
during the
stripping process, as well as the rinsing and <BR>>scrubbing with =
maroon
scotchbrite or #1 steel wool, is the extent of my <BR>>endeavors =
in this
regard. I then sand with 150 - 220 and start the <BR>>finishing
process.<BR>><BR>>No brass brushes for =
me...<BR>><BR>>Mark
Potter<BR><BR>Greg Newell<BR>Greg's piano
Forté<BR>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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