plate refinishing detail

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 9/7/02 6:45:19 PM !!!First Boot!!!, 
poseyviolins@charter.net writes:


> I am a hobbyist rebuilding a small Heintzman grand.  I am taking the
> plate out to refinish it.  The question is how do you refinish the screws
> that hold it in?  Paint separately, then put them in?  Does this scratch the
> paint? Do you mask or scrape the paint from the plate holes?
>     What do you do with the hitch pins?  Take them out? mask?, or clean
> later?
> Thanks,
> Gerald
> 
> 

I clean the screws with a wire wheel on a grinder. I put them in a box with 
chicken wire. (the very small squares, which are about 1/2" square),. I spray 
them with the same gold paint as the plate. Unless they are nickel plated to 
begin with. You should polish those up, and spray them with a clear coat of 
lacquer.  

I leave the hitch pins in, and spay them. That is not a problem. You can 
spray the agraffes, too, but for a super look, take them out and polish then, 
since they are brass. Keep should them in order when you take them out, and 
put them back in the same hole. 
Wim 

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