Hi Paul, In the old days, boards were finished with orange shellack as a sealer. This along with the natural darkening of varnish and wood with age is what gives old SBs their distinctive yellow tone. I finish my boards (new and old) with lacquer. I have found that by adding some yellow and orange dye stain to the sealer coat, I can duplicate the original color, which has the side benefit of blending, or at least minimizing color differences in your repairs. I now finish new boards this way as well, since some of the boards I get have "less than perfect" color matching of the individual flitches. Mark Story, RPT mstory@ewu.edu Eastern Washington University Music Department Cheney, Washington, USA On Sun, 12 Nov 1995 Wippen@aol.com wrote: > That work completed, the board is all sanded,etc., ready for finishing. > EXCEPT... the beautifully installed shims stand out like a sore thumb, visual > evidence of the necessary surgury. > > Now, I know that it is impossible to make the new shims invisible, but, do > any of you have any special secrets you'd like to share? Or, do you not worry > about it and just leave them alone?
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