<!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><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very interesting post Mark = Potter.  Once again it may have taken me another decade to think of that all by myself but I = catch on quick after a long time!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     = Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>   DAle Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com" title=bases-loaded@juno.com>bases-loaded@juno.com</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:10 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: shellac sealer on plate yes yes = yesYES</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:43:09 -0700 "Diane Hofstetter" <<A href="mailto:dianepianotuner@hotmail.com">dianepianotuner@hotmail.com</= A>> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; = PADDING-LEFT: 10px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Dale,</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Me too,  I offer up my gratitude to all who suggested = shellac!</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>After two coats of spray shellac, sanding in between all coats, = and a coat of gold enamel, the fish-eyes are gone and tomorrow I can put the = top clear coat on.  Whew!   <IMG height=12 src="http://64.4.16.24/emsmile.gif" width=12></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Diane</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Diane -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm glad it worked out for you so well!  Yet another = alternative for you would be to mix bronze powder right in with the shellac and use = that as your finish, or at least as a primer/sealer coat that already has a = bronze color.  I have done it many times with good results every = time.  Use the palest color of shellac you can find, though, as a dark shellac = will yield a darker gold color when mixed with the powder.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shellac is a finisher's right hand man.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>