<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Pat: What is French lac, where did you get it, and = what are its characteristics. My Formby's finally dried and it seems A-OK, but I = wonder if there is something that takes less time. Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pneely@thegrid.net" title=pneely@thegrid.net>Pat = Neely</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 09, 2000 = 12:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> French Lac</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> I did a set of ebony sharps, the trouble = came in when I used French lac on them some of the   black came of and = now some of the keys have a brownish black cast to them when looked at in the light  what do I do or do I just leave it that way , thanks   Pat Neely</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>