<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/17/2002 12:31:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Bridge cap materials </B><BR>
Date:10/17/2002 12:31:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A><BR>
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Would impregnating the wood with epoxy solve all this?<BR>
It certainly would pevent moisture from getting into<BR>
it in the future, and one could make the epoxy quite<BR>
thin by a little lacquer thinner, or perhaps just a<BR>
little warmth to insure that the wood absorbed it<BR>
well.<BR>
Thump<BR>
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Yeah It probabbly wood. I think Bob hofs PTJ article on capping several years back stated he coats/dreches his bridge tops in shellac. The thought was to reinforce the fibers and I think he's on the right on track. I coat/ seal my bridge notches with shellac followed by 2 coats of lacquer hey but why not just use a hypo oiler to fill up the holes ,let dry hard overnight before inserting the pins. Even maple is so porous the shellac would completly soak in. I like this idea. If epoxy comes water thin like shellac wouldn,t that work too ?<BR>
Dale Erwin</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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