<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hello Dale.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In French, we call "minium" the Pb3O4 lead oxyde, that is used = in anti rust paints and primers.  It looks kind of red, red-brown.  = What is the US word for it ? I find it often on Bechstein frames as under layer, = but not in this Pleyel I'm restoring.  I think it goes out of use now that = it is known that lead is bad for health.  But it is still available = here.  Is it so critical to address the rust problems in a steel frame ?  = Isn't a good primer enough to avoid catastrophies ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Stéphane Collin.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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> Saturday, May 14, 2005 = 9:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Finishing steel = plate</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/14/2005 11:06:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, = <A href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">collin.s@skynet.be</A> = writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2>Should I use a layer of minium </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>  Stephane</DIV> <DIV>  What is minium?</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>