<!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>I'm not John, but I think I know the answer! Fairing compound is = used to "fair" a surface. The most common application is on a boat hull or a car = fender where bumps dents and/or waves occur in the surface. The surface is = roughened up, the epoxy mixed with suitable fairing filler is troweled on and = smoothed out. After cure, surface is sanded and you can get a nice "fair" or = smooth surface. Ever see a piano refinished in a hi gloss ebony that had no = business being refinished in hi-gloss (you know the ones with all the waves and = squiggles in the surface that make the hi-gloss look like.....oops, we all know = the word!). That surface should have been faired prior to finishing. Proper = fairing will lead to a surface that can look better than most new pianos.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.westsystem.com/">http://www.westsystem.com/</A> lists = all their fillers and fairing compounds. I have used their microballoons = extensively. These are tiny hollow spheres. You mix it with the epoxy, = spread it out, and it sands real easy. After sanding coat with unthickened = epoxy. Proper fairing to get a really flat surface requires a LARGE sanding = jig. I made a very flat sanding block out of a piece of 60" by 6" by 3/4" poplar = backed with a lattice of red oak. To this I attach a 72" sanding belt (I have belts = in 40, 60, and 80 grit). Sanding with a big sander like this will get = you that nice flat surface.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I made my regulating table out of an inverted spinet. I screwed a = few oak & hard maple boards to the back, extended the legs (keybed and feet) = and "faired" the top. Came out super flat. Now if only keybeds were = flat!</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:Dpshans@AOL.COM" = title=Dpshans@AOL.COM>Dpshans@AOL.COM</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> Tuesday, December 12, = 2000 1:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: west going hard = too fast</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=3>OK, John, <BR><BR>  At the risk of scorn, derision, and ridicule, I = must profess ignorance: <BR>what is fairing compound, what would be = suitable applications, and briefly, <BR>how is it used?  Thanks. = <BR><BR>Dan Dannenfelser <BR>Sacramento, CA <BR>"Not Afraid To Ask The Stupid Question"</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>