In addition to something called Ebenholtz (something that we get over here from german supply houses and reminds me very much of black shoe polish) I have seen black politur (sprit lak... shellack.... with black tinctur) used with very nice results. Paint seems to be misunderstood as somekind of easy and quick way of making them black again. I dont find it much slower to clean them off and run a couple coats of black politur over them. Nice sheen to the polish. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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