Hi Mark! I do have some experience with french polishing and I would really like to try that. I've never french polished something porous like spruce before though. I have brushed and sanded three coats of sanding sealer made of shellac and stearate and it feels really smooth. We do have spray equipment, and if this fails I guess I have to beg someone with sprayingexperience to help me out (I'm at a pianotech school). Best regards, Daniel Lindholm ----- Original Message ----- From: <bases-loaded@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Shellac on soundboard > HI Daniel - > > Shellac is a wonderful finish, but a tricky one to apply well because of > its fast drying time. You COULD french polish it, but if you haven't > performed this procedure before, I wouldn't think starting with a > soundboard would be a fruitful choice. Brushing, too, has problems > because it flashes off so fast. Certainly a very high quality brush is a > must, a good practiced brushing technique a real plus, and for something > this big, you might consider adding a retarder to slow down the drying > times a bit. Longer dry times between coats would be necessary, but it > would allow much greater freedom in application. > > I highly suggest practicing first on a panel of similar size. > > Do you have spray equipment? > > Mark Potter > bases-loaded@juno.com > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:25:30 +0100 "Daniel Lindholm" > <mailinglists@home.se> writes: > > Hi! > > > > I would like to get some suggestions on how to refinish a grand > > soundboard > > with shellac. > > Do you apply it with brush? French polish? > > > > I would be grateful for any advice! > > > > Thanks, > > Daniel Lindholm / Sweden > > > > > > >
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