Shellack works quite well, and if you feel like getting fancy, you can even apply it French Polish wise. I have done a few boards this way and they look positively brilliant... course its a waste of time unless on an upright, but you have a grand at hand, and if your customer likes having the top open and if you have the time... well it does look very nice. toto@fovea.pndr.upenn.edu wrote: > > I am about to refinish my first soundboard after having shimmed > several cracks. Evidently, here are many schools of thought on > the finishing materials to use. I am looking for an authentic > appearance on the Chickering grand. I do not want to use > polyurethane, as was suggested by Schaff & Co ("most rebuilders > use polyurethane today."). I thought that using white shellac > with a light topcoating of lacquer before applying the decal > makes sense. I am not equiped with spray equipment, but am > considering the prospect. > > Please comment (privately or publicly) if you have an opinion > on this topic. > > Thanks, > Larry Toto -- Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. Associate, PTG Bergen, Norway
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