<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=1>From a pharmacy.  It's called Flexible Collodion&n= bsp;and you will have to ask the pharmacist for it as it's not stocked on the = shelves due to it's ether base.  It's an industrial strength form of a = product called "New Skin".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>Mark Wisner<BR>Yamaha Corporation<BR><A href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">mwisner@yamaha.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>>>> ilvey@sbcglobal.net 07/16/02 09:54AM >>><BR>= Where do I get collodian in the States?<BR><BR>David I.<BR><BR><BR><BR>----- = Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Richard = Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no><BR>To: <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Received: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:29:23 +0200<BR>Subject: Re: Shellac vs. lacquer<BR><BR>>David Ilvedson wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> All this talk about shellac, lacquer etc. = and I remember a American tech who lived in<BR>>Copenhagen talking about = collodian and ether.  I know RicB also talked about it.  I<BR>>don't = think collodian is available in the states?  Couldn't lacquer thinner be = used instead<BR>>of ether...scary!  I would like to try collodian...in = a hammer that is.<BR>>><BR>>> David I.<BR>>><BR><BR><BR>>Ahh.... you can choose to ventilate the = room.... but<BR>>personally being heavily influenced by the late 60's I just<BR>>turn on the fan... and point it at myself. :)<BR><BR>>That = being said. Collodian can be quite safely used and I<BR>>would think when it = comes down to it that a bit of ether<BR>>would not be any worse for you then = a bit of lacquer thinner<BR>>fumes... anyone know this for sure ??<BR><BR>>RicB<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>