Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy

[David Love]

West System #410 Microlite isn't a bad place to start mixed with their
regular epoxy and a slow cure to allow it to creep down and fill the
crack as best as possible.  To tweak the color you can get Golden Star
Product's stains in various wood colors.  A perfect match is difficult,
but don't open the crack too much, i.e. keep it thin, and the line will
blend better when it's all covered with varnish.  Notice that many of
those old spruce boards have several colors in the grain, some darker
than others.   Choose which color you want to match depending on where
the line is.  Wet the panel with mineral spirits to get a better sense
of what the color will be with the varnish on.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Olson
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:43 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Epoxy Soundboard Repair- Coloring of Epoxy

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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