<!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 content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>"I use Webb Phillip's LAKEONE Wood Rebuilder.....After the epoxy dries...."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have tried this product and have wondered about it's base. You = mention epoxy here. It smells exactly like polyester resin. Does anyone know = what it is made of or whether it is close to epoxy or polyester?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" = title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 28, 2001 = 5:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Crack fillers - = old soundboards</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 4/28/01 3:07:54 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:p003520b@pb.seflin.org">p003520b@pb.seflin.org</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">Has anyone out there tried any innovative approaches to = sealing cracks in <BR>soundboards on old, cheap, baby grand pianos? I'm = thinking about <BR>something on the order of a medium thickness CA glue, or = some other <BR>liquid type of material that would fill in the crack. = <BR><BR>My customer has an old Winter baby grand with about 10 cracks in the <BR>soundboard, but none are very wide, not even paper thickness. = She doesn't <BR>want to spend much money <BR>and is willing for me to = experiment some. But I thought I'd better see if <BR>anyone else has = experimented first. <BR><BR>Wally Scherer <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I use Webb = Phillip's LAKEONE Wood Rebuilder. The easiest away to do this is <BR>to put = masking tale on the soundboard over the cracks. The turn the piano <BR>upside down = and poor the liquid in the cracks from the bottom. Be sure to <BR>allow enough = in all the cracks to fill them. Any excess can stay on the <BR>bottom of the = board, since it isn't seen. If the customer is picky, it can be <BR>scraped = off later. After the epoxy dries, turn the piano over, and take off = <BR>the tape. Job done. <BR><BR>The wood filler is translucent. It will show up as a = dark streak, almost <BR>resembling a crack, on the soundboard. If you want = to eliminate that problem, <BR>add some saw dust to the epoxy. = <BR><BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>