Tom This makes finishing sense since the original is shellac and varnish and French polishing is shellac. Good to know. I put a belly in a Brinsmead grand with inlay that some may recall that was stripped down and French polished to perfection. It was a stunning finish. Good to have options Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom piano restoration Ronsen piano hammers-sales R & D and tech support Sitka soundboard panels 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com> To: Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu>; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:10 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Finish on finish I've had a very good experience with Grant Hillemeyer. He restored a 1906 Steinway upright that had been under a blanket for most of its life so the color was good but was nevertheless showing signs of age. I believe he used a French polish method. His web site is: http://grantwillfixit.com/default.aspx Tom Cole On 11/5/10 9:20 PM, Rob & Helen Goodale wrote: Hello, I have a 1925 Steinway that has basically a very good mahogany finish. It was well cared for and largely sat untouched for decades. Although the finish is in excellent shape it will eventually have issues due to age. I'm wondering as an alternative to striping off a perfectly good looking finish, maybe scuff it up with fine paper and pads and then shoot a new clear finish over it. This would make the finish hard and smooth again without having to deal with all the stripping mess, grain filling, color matching, everything from scratch. This could reduce a two-three week job into a matter of days. Has anyone here done this or seen some disasters? Any suggestions? Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101106/825d0fdb/attachment.htm>
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