Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy

Carl Meyer cmpiano@comcast.net
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:38:05 -0700


Greg, I think he meant using epoxy alone,  I suspect you are referring to 
the glue holding a shim in Place.  No????

Carl Meyer PTG assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: <andrew@birchcreek.org>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy


> Personally I would want the repair visible. My thinking is that you want 
> someone to know that the board has undergone some sort of repair and is 
> not in perfect condition. Also, is the gap not able to be closed enough to 
> almost eliminate a large swath of epoxy anyway? If you use Jon Page's "I" 
> beam/ go bar clamp method the gap winds up so small the epoxy or gorilla 
> glue that goes into it isn't plainly visible anyway.
>
> Greg Newell
>
>
>
>
> At 03:43 PM 4/11/2005, you wrote:
>>Hello--
>>
>>Does any know how to color epoxy, when being used in sound board repair, 
>>so
>>that it matches the rest of the wood?  The way that I've seen recent 
>>repairs
>>using epoxy, the former cracks are solidly repaired-- BUT stand out like a
>>SORE THUMB because the epoxy dries in a much darker color.  Any one have a
>>suggestion?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Andrew Olson
>>Sturgeon Bay, WI
>>
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