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<DIV>Hi Phil.</DIV>
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<DIV>Procedure developed by other highly skilled re-whateverers, and gratefully copied by me.</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Don't Strip it!!!! Unless the finish is incompatible with your gold lacquer. Test with a drop or two of the lacquer thinner, or the lacquer itself, to make sure its not going to wrinkle the old finish. Test both the primer and the topcoat material.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Wash with TSP or modern ecologically acceptable substitute, toothbrush, scotchbrite.</DIV>
<DIV>3. Wet sand with 3m sanding sponges, medium and fine.</DIV>
<DIV>4. Fill dings and scratches with Bondo.</DIV>
<DIV>5. Wet sand with 3m sanding sponges, fine and extra fine.</DIV>
<DIV>6. Mask agraffe holes with roofing nails, hitch pins with "condoms" made of short lengths of rubber tubing.</DIV>
<DIV>7.Spray primer.</DIV>
<DIV>8. remove nails and condoms, Wet sand with 3m sanding sponges, fine and extra fine.</DIV>
<DIV>9. re-Mask and Gild.</DIV>
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<DIV>hope this helps</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=phil@philbondi.com href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">Phil Bondi</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Newtonville</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/6/2003 8:06:48 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stripping the plate</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>I have 2 grands in the shop needing various types of work..both are mine and I have desire to experiment with suggestions from the class..</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Both of these plates are going to be re-guilded..but I want to find out what the rest of you experienced re-whateverers do to get the plate ready for guilding.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>-Phil Bondi(FL)</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>phil@philbondi.com</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080> </FONT></P><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>