Plate Finishing Question

[gordon stelter]

I use vinyl uphostery scraps from the fabric store to
mask off around the area I'm stringing. That takes
care of dropped tools. But if you are talking about
chipping around pin holes when driving or screw holes,
dunno.     Now, I've revealed my plate finishing
recipe in the past and been told to shut up because it
used spray cans. But I DID string a piano with it
recently, and zero chips.
    Thump

--- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to get the plate
> Gilding/finish to
> remain more elastic? I have a local, excellent
> finisher do my plates,
> (custom color, etc.), and the biggest problem is the
> finish chipping if you
> touch any kind of a metal tool to it!!!!! Yikes! :-(
> I have tried getting
> the plate to my shop, within 24 hours of the plate
> being shot. This will
> work for a few days and then the chipping problem
> starts!
> I thought it might be the fact that the new finish
> was shot over a
> "prepared" olde finish, so....I stripped this last
> plate right down to bare
> metal. Did a filler type primer, then a standard
> primer and delivered it the
> next day. It was shot within a week. When the derned
> thing chips, it goes
> down to all that nice primer I put on. So, my
> assumption is, that the top
> gilt finish, plus the clear coats, are not adhering
> to the primer/plate.
> Any thoughts? (of course there are<G> hehe)
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> 
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