I use water base exclusively, The only problem is that it raises the grain, not the veneer. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Finishing questions > Gordo, > Your previous post said to keep away from water based stuff for > what it does to the veneer. This post says to dilute the Clorox with, > presumably, water. Make up my mind will ya? > > Greg > > > > At 07:51 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote: >>Yes. But I have heard that Clorox is the best brand to >>use, because it is relatively pure and leaves little >>residue. Dilute at least 50% to reduce chances of >>eating the wood. NEVER use on a piano's interior, as >>residual fumes will rust all the ferrous metals. >>Terribly. >> Chlorine bleach removes aniline stain dyes. >>Oxalic acid removes other types of stains >>( Water marks, rust, etc..) >> Thump >> >> >>--- Richard Gullion <pianoguy@rogers.com> wrote: >> >> > Are you talking about household laundry bleach.... >> > >> > gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:Nonono! >> > Don't heavily sand veneer! And NEVER try to >> > sand out stain! >> > Bleach with diluted chlorine bleach, sand LIGHTLY >> > and stain! >> > G >> > >> > >> > --- Stéphane Collin wrote: >> > >> > > Hello Greg. >> > > >> > > When I face that problem (wood doesn't take stain >> > > well), I don't hesitate to >> > > sand the pannel to bare wood (120 grit sandpaper), >> > > re smooth the surface (up >> > > to 800 grit) and re stain after. >> > > >> > > Regards. >> > > >> > > Stéphane Collin. >> > > >> > > >> > > It does not seem >> > > > to want to take stain or especially dye. What do >> > I >> > > do? >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > pianotech list info: >> > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > __________________________________ >> > Do you Yahoo!? >> > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. >> > Learn more. >> > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pianotech list info: >> > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >> > >> > >> > Richard >> > the "Piano Guy" >> >> >> >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. >>http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Greg Newell > Greg's piano Forté > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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