Remove the masking from the pins before applying the clear coat. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:04 AM To: William Monroe; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates Thank you.<G> The part that was not explained, (or I missed it), was the hitch pins are cleaned, (wire brushed?), of all paint and then the heat shrink is applied. Once the plate is finished, then the tubing is removed, leaving a nice clean/bare hitch pin as shown in one of the 'finished' photos. My question is this: What do you do to retard those hitch pins from rusting? joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: William Monroe <mailto:bill at a440piano.net> To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 3/2/10 5:19:01 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] finishing plates Hi Joe, Readily available at Radio Shack probably. I purchased mine from ACE Hardware in the electronics aisle. Available in a variety of widths. William R. Monroe On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: Alan said: "I second William's recommendation of heat shrink tubing" Okee Dokee. sounds like a better application of the same concept. I'm willing to try that. However, where does ya gets that stuff? Electronics Store possibly? Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100302/62bf577d/attachment-0001.htm>
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