<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is Star Chemical still around?  I = took a 2 or 3 day course with them 23 years ago...ovens, = irons, burn in sticks, French lacquer, pads of cheese cloth,  powder stains, = etc.  Made the mistake of leaving my kit in the car on a hot day and all those = lacquer sticks melted into a huge mass.... #%$*!   I broke = it into chuncks and still managed to use them---somehow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</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> Monday, October 31, 2005 = 7:55 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Finish = Repairs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>Schaff has touchup stuff...Mohawk comes to mine...</P> <P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Mark Potter" = <BASES-LOADED76@SBCGLOBAL.NET><BR>To: Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 10/31/2005 9:51:09 = AM<BR>Subject: Re: Finish Repairs<BR><BR> <DIV align=left>Hi David -</DIV> <DIV>Surprisingly, I can't come up with specific literature that = addresses this topic, although I know that I have encountered some over the = years.  Is there a specific repair you are needing to make, or is this query = for general education purposes?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter<BR><BR><B><I>David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">Does anyone know of any literature/articles that specifically address the<BR>repair of damage to lacquer finishes?<BR><BR>David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net = <BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianot= ech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLO= CKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>