Absolutely not. Use denatured alcohol and you don't want a bunch of water in there whose effects will run counter to the goal of hardening the hammer. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Zeno Wood Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:05 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Shellac Voicing This is interesting. Does it matter much what kind of alcohol you use? For example, I happen to have here a bottle of isopropyl rubbing alcohol, 50% by volume, is that suitable? Thanks, Zeno Wood On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote: I like shellac for voicing, but have never used Zinser from the spray, I mix a thin solution, 1 oz. alcohol, 1 gram blonde shellac flakes, and usually thin it further. I got good results on Abel Naturals by first applying shellac, then following with alcohol to wash it away from the strike point. What you want is a cut of shellac such that when you dip a test strip of tissue in the shellac, when it dries it will be just slightly perceptibly stiff, compared to the unsized tissue. The nice thing is that it's easy to add more or wash out too much. The sound will be crispy after 24 hours, and you will need to follow up with sugar coating or light brushing. Ed S. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091123/89ab254d/attachment.htm>
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