<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/23/01 1:05:15 PM Central Daylight Time, cfaulk2@juno.com
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Has anyone had any experience with sandblasting piano plates in
<BR>preparation for finishing? I'm tired of dealing with contamination on old
<BR>plate finishes and thought this might offer a solution.
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<BR>Thanks in advance.
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<BR>Charles Faulk
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<BR>Charles
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<BR>I had a fire damaged plate sandblasted about 20 years ago. Perhaps we didn't
<BR>specify to the sand blasting company our requirements, but the plate came
<BR>back pitted. I think cast iron is too soft to be sandblasted. But, as I
<BR>said, maybe the blaster was too hard, or the sand was too course. No amount
<BR>of sanding, or priming the pate got the plate to look smooth.
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<BR>Before resorting the sand blasting, if you have contamination problems, try
<BR>scrubbing the plate with a degreaser, like 409. I like "Simply Green." You
<BR>can also steel wool it with Naphtha.
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<BR>Good luck
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>