This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Randy, I do a lot of these. First of all I can never understand why manufacturers back then insisted on taking expensive gabon ebony or grenadillo and coating them with black lacquer. A waste of beautiful wood. Just strip the old finish from the sharps. Sand them using 220 grit and 400 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper. Use a sanding block; it keeps the corners nice and crisp. Then mix a little black aniline powder into some wipe-on polyurethane. Stir it. Then apply about two coats to the wood. It works fine, and you can see the wood grain through it. Hope this helps. Charles Faulk On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:16:30 -0800 "Randy Rush" <randyrush@earthlink.net> writes: Listers, Have any of you folks come up with a satisfactory method of recoating old sharps that is also cost effective? Long ago, I tried black dye, followed by muliple coats of black lacquer from a can, and finished with a few clear coats. I was never really satisfied with the results, even after rubbing down with steel wool. It always looked less than professional to me, and I went to advising people to replace with plastic sharps, especially if I was replacing the keytops too. I now have a customer who is insistent on keeping the wooden sharps (I haven't seen them yet, but I don't think they are ebony), and I'd like to come up with a refinishing method that looks better than just decent, without having to set up a spray booth and compressor, which I can't really do. What's your experience? Thanks, Randy Rush ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f7/66/28/89/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
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