finish

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Hi Carl -

You said you did some lube work, but didn't say what, if any, effect it
had on the spot.  If there was improvement, further polishing may take
care of it, but would likely require a final polishing of the entire lid
to achieve a uniform sheen.  If there was no improvement, I would
recommend a top-flite touch-up man be scheduled to appraise the damage. 
While it is quite likely that the entire lid will need refinished, some
touch-up artists are amazing at what they can hide.  Check with a local
retailer of upper level furniture and ask who does their touch-up work.  

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com


On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:48:47 -0600 Carl Teplitski <koko99@shaw.ca>
writes:
> 
> Today I did some lube work on a Chichering grand. Color was a 
> glossy
> walnut or something similar. Owner ( lady ) is concerned about a 
> glich
> in the finish in the middle of the lid. You have to look at the lid 
> at
> an angle
> in order to see it, but she knows it's there, so would like to do
> something
> about same. It looks like heat, or chemical( coke ) was dropped in 
> that
> spot, because
> that's the place where the finish looks like it's lost its gloss,
> possibly showing
> bare wood thruout an area as large as maybe the size of a 25 cent 
> piece.
> Not
> knowing much, ( understatement ) about finishes, I wasn't able to 
> advise
> her, except
> to say that I thought maybe the whole lid might have to be 
> refinished.
> She used to sit a
> crystal ornament on this spot, and I wonder if that was the reason 
> for
> the imperfection.
> It's not a scratch, but gloss is missing. Personally, I think it's 
> just
> fine, but women have
> a whole different slant on this kind of thing, don't they ? ? Will 
> be
> checking locally to
> see if I can advise her better. Sure would appreciate input, because 
> I'm
> certain this
> comes up more often than I'm aware of. Seems like a lot of worrying 
> over
> nothing
> for this lady, considering the tuning was ugly when I first got 
> there.
> Much better now.
> I think she would be farther ahead spending the money on a new set 
> of
> hammers, instead.
> What do "we" know ? ?   Thanks .
> 
> Carl / Winnipeg
> 
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