[pianotech] finishing a plate

[Barbara Richmond]

How did you save the decals? Many years ago, a friend who restores cars, told me to cover the decal that I wanted to save with petroleum jelly, spray the plate and then wipe off the jelly. It worked. The piano is long gone, so I don't know how the decal held up. 

Barbara Richmond, RPT 
near Peoria, Illinois 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:02:43 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing a plate 

Speaking of keeping what's there. Here's a couple of plate decals that are 
real classics that I wanted to save on a project I'm currently working on as 
they are not available any longer. Before and after photos. The 
differences in color are in part due to shooting with and without a flash. 

David Love 
www.davidlovepianos.com 




From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
Of Piano Boutique 
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:19 PM 
To: joegarrett at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing a plate 

Joe, 

I am going to clean the plate of the piano we have talked about with clean 
hot water to not loose any of the art. Then I want to put on a clear coat 
to preserve what is there. I might have to do a little of touch up and I 
will get an artist for that. Thanks for the input. 

William 


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