METH/WATER for hard hammers

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:11:59 -0800 Susan Kline <sckline@home.com> writes:
> Pretty soon I'm going to try making up shellac from flakes and
> liquor store grain alcohol, and using it for voicing (on scrap
> hammers at first.) Should be fun. I don't like the keytop in
> acetone pinging tone quality.

Susan -

I mix fresh shellac from flakes all the time, primarily for sealer coats
in finishing, but I have also used it for voicing, with very good
results.  I generally use 1/2 - 1 lb cuts.  I have not tried grain
alcohol, but use denatured.  

Mark Potter
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