"I believe I'd look elsewhere." Boy, you got that right! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard F Jackson" <hjackson8@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Refinishing Warning > Terry, > It sounds like the lacquer dried too fast and trapped moisture inside. A > little retarder would probably solve this, however if the finisher sent > this back to you as a sample of his work, I believe I'd look elsewhere. > Howard Jackson > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:31:37 -0500 "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > writes: > > I have a rosewood square grand to refinish and have been considering > > subbing > > it out. Got a few estimates. Gave one guy the music desk to refinish > > so that > > he could provide me with an example of his work. > > > > My general experience with the quality of refinishers has largely > > been > > whether they rub out the final finish or not, and how well they > > remove any > > orange peel, etc. > > > > I picked up the music desk at this shop yesterday. Looking at it in > > his shop > > it looked nice. Not rubbed out, but a nice smooth satin finish. > > Something > > looked a bit funny about it, but I told him it looked good. > > > > Got back to my shop and compared it to a piece of rosewood I had > > applied > > some tung-oil-based varnish to. OhmyGod. What a difference. His > > piece was > > milky - it looked like it was finished with 2% fat milk rather than > > varnish > > or laquer. Horrible, horrible, horrible. You could see the rosewood > > grain, > > but it was translucent rather than transparent. I had never seen > > anything > > like it. They guy would not disclose his product used or his > > methods. I > > would kind of like to know - just so I avoid ever wasting my time > > with it. > > > > FWIW - make sure you see (and preferably can keep) a sample of your > > refinisher's work. > > > > Looks like time for another wrestling match with refinishing! > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > > > > > > Howard Jackson, RPT > Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild > Monroe, LA (318) 388-4879 > e-mail: Hjackson8@juno.com
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