Pianolac vs Enduro or ?

[Jon Page]

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Steel wool is not a good item to use for surface prep with waterborne
finishes.
Any small fibres left in the pores will rust.

Jon Page


At 09:59 AM 02/13/2000 -0600, you wrote: 
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>> One finisher I know advocates rubbing with steel wool rather than sanding
>> before finishing. He believes that sanding leaves a sharp top edge on the
>> pore which leads to the problem described below. Using steel wool breakes
>> the edge of the pore allowing the finish to flow into the pore. Of course,
>> he's not using water base so he can do that.
>>
>> Is anyone just filling with finish out there?
>
> -- 
> Richard Anderson 
> Anderson Piano Service 
> mailto:tknostf@foxvalley.net 
> http://users.FoxValley.net/~tknostf/
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> From: Jon Page <jonpage@mediaone.net> 
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org 
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:35:31 -0500 
> To: pianotech@ptg.org 
> Subject: Re: Pianolac vs Enduro or ?
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> PianoLac, The Sealer has components which fill the pores. 
> Arthur has the proper terminology for their function.
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> One of them is a super wetting agent which loosens the tension within the
> material. 
> You have noticed that as you spray an open pore finish, the more coats you
> put on, 
> the bigger the pores get. This is caused by the tension within the material
> (sort of 
> like a meniscus). The wetting agent allows the material to flow deeper into
> the pores 
> drawing it in; where before it developed surface tension at the edge of the
> pore. 
> Jokingly I said the molecules have a tendency to lock arms and prevent each
> other 
> from falling into the precipice but the wetting agent has them acting like
> lemmings.
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> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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