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<DIV>On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 04:25:53 -0500 Phil Bondi <<A
href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com">tito@philbondi.com</A>> writes:<BR>&=
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Hello all.<BR>> <BR>> I have a small grand in my shop that has been
painted white, with a <BR>> roller and brush..The piano will be =
going
through a metamorphosis, and it <BR>> belongs to me, not a client..=
.hey,
I got it for nothing!<BR>> <BR>> I'm looking for suggestions to best=
remove this lovely color from <BR>> this piano.<BR>> <BR>> =
Thanks
all,<BR>> <BR>> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)<BR>> <A
href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">phil@philbondi.com</A><BR>> <BR>Hi =
Phil
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<DIV>I would opt for the conventional stripper route, but you should know =
that
if the original finish was checking badly the white paint may very well =
have
found it's way into the pores of the wood. Often, this is difficult, =
if
not impossible, to fully remove. As Jim B. mentioned, if you are =
going
black with it, then no biggie, but if were hoping for a clear 'natural' =
finish,
there <EM>could</EM> be problems. More than once I have run into this=
problem, and after staining/dying the wood to the color of choice, have =
gone
over the case from head-to-toe with a very small artist's brush, dabbing on=
heavily pigmented color mixed to the color of the stained wood on all of =
the
many white specks that remain lodged in the wood. This is not =
something to
look forward to, just to be clear;-). I have heard of a method of =
applying
shellac to a 'speckled" case, then stripping off the shellac in hopes it =
will
have adhered enough to the white specks to pull them out, but the process =
seems
a bit dubious to me, and I have not tried it. </DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe you'll be lucky... it happens....</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Potter</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:bases-loaded@juno.com">bases-loaded@juno.com</A></=
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