<DIV>Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> Mark, So during the finishing process is when you re-add the missing filler and stain, right? Greg Newell Hi Greg - 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. Mark Potter At 06:06 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote: >Greg Newell <GNEWELL@AMERITECH.NET>wrote: > >When those of you who do, refinish a piano do you remove the filler during >the stripping process? > >Hi Greg - It is not a "goal", per se, for me. Whatever volunteers to >come out during the stripping process, as well as the rinsing and >scrubbing with maroon scotchbrite or #1 steel wool, is the extent of my >endeavors in this regard. I then sand with 150 - 220 and start the >finishing process. > >No brass brushes for me... > >Mark Potter Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>