<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Susan:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If you are comparing dry time for your own style of application (a few drops on the crown), I haven't found that dry times = vary that much.  Lacquer/acetone will dry in 15 minutes.  = Plastic/acetone maybe a little faster.  It's only when you soak the hammer that the = dry time increases.  With lacquer I find that in 2 hours you have 80-90% of = what you are going to get.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 18, 2002 7:58 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Shellac vs. = lacquer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face="Times New Roman" size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"><I>In a message dated 7/17/2002 11:49:18 PM = Pacific Daylight Time, <A = href="mailto:sckline@attbi.com">sckline@attbi.com</A> writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></I><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: Shellac vs. lacquer </B><BR>Date:7/17/2002 = 11:49:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>From:<A = href="mailto:sckline@attbi.com">sckline@attbi.com</A><BR>Reply-to:<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent = from the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR>.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"><I><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></I>       = Susan<BR>  On a hot day in the shop 80 degrees or more The lacquer solutions will = dryquickly enough so that that the sound is changed within an hour, Except on the = largest bass hammers that were really soaked this it takes two hrs. Remember = It's not cured  so I don't hammer on it but I can play it enough to get a semblance of whether I got the solution dilution close to my target = sound. It changes a bit more overnight and breaks down some as the next tuning = gets pounded in. If it's still too edgy a little acetone on the top will = wash it in a bit and won't take long to work with. If it's not enough repeat with = another light application.<BR>   With any of this , as you know, it = takes time to dry and it's nice to have the piano in the shop which is not = always possible, but I like to live with the pianos sound over the course of = some days while working and refining other things when possible.<BR>>>>>>>>Dale = Erwin<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">It would be interesting, another time, to compare how = long the shellac <BR>takes to set up as opposed to the lacquer or = acetone/keytop. Especially <BR>since keytop's main virtue appears to be its fast = drying time.<BR><BR>(thanks)<BR><BR>Susan<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New Roman" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF"><I><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></I></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>