<HTML>In a message dated 6/21/2002 5:41:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, gutlo@bestweb.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: black finish Date:6/21/2002 5:41:08 PM Pacific Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:gutlo@bestweb.net">gutlo@bestweb.net</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet   Arthur</BLOCKQUOTE>    They get away with it Because they can. The black lacquer they use is too soft and imprints for years. Every black piano has large craters under each lid button. It's p[ossible the rubbers outers are simply careless as the the material really builds and holds to the edges. it has heavy solids and is designed to be  sprayed on at about 140 degrees. It works better that way. When I used it we heated it in a crock pot  to about that prior to loading the gun. I used this material for a while but it has changed again of course.     Too fussy and too much imprinting. >>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>>>     <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> List, Missed the tongue-in-cheek. You're right-new Steinways have finish problems right out of the factory. Don't know how they get away with it. Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kdivad@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:39 AM Subject: Re: black finish </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>