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Thank you for the response. It seems that sanding between coats will make
the job quite a bit longer than I thought.
<p>Greg
<p>PianoTek4u@AOL.COM wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Dear Greg:</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>According to Bob Flexner,
who wrote an excellent book on refinishing and</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>which I recommended to the
techs in this room, lacquer should IDEALLY be</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>allowed to cure for 30 days
before sanding and polishing. I'm not sure</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>whether you are using water-based
or nitrocellulose lacquer......this</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>recommendation is for the
nitrocellulose type.</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>While the lacquer may FEEL
dry to the touch, it is still in a very soft state</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>after 24 hours which probably
accounts for the balling up on the 3M pad. For</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>those on a tight time schedule,
he suggests waiting a week to do any sanding</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>or polishing of lacquer
finishes. I hope this suggestion helps and good luck.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>A. Bajada</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>CSULA</font></font></blockquote>
<p>--
<br>Greg Newell
<br>Greg's Piano Forté
<br>12970 Harlon Ave.
<br>Lakewood, Ohio 44107
<br>216-226-3791
<br><A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
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