[pianotech] Plate Artwork Paint

Paul Williams pwilliams4 at unl.edu
Mon Aug 27 14:02:45 MDT 2012


Works great!

Paul


On 8/27/12 3:00 PM, "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at frontier.com> wrote:

>An artist friend turned me on to 1-shot lettering enamel (from Dick
>Blick Art Supplies
>http://www.dickblick.com/products/famous-1-shot-lettering-enamels/?clickTr
>acking=true). 
>Adheres well to lacquer, can be wiped off before it dries with a mineral
>spirit dampened rag for do-overs, and covers in one coat.   Pin striping
>is not easy.  Have you thought about hiring someone?
>
>On 8/27/2012 2:43 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
>> I have a piano plate that I have refinished in gold lacquer topped with
>>clear satin lacquer. I need to have quite a bit of artwork done on the
>>plate as per original - much like black pin-striping. In the past for
>>lettering I've been using some paint pens from an art store with very
>>good results However in this case the pin-striping is much more artsy,
>>will need to be done by hand and I don't think a paint pen will even
>>come close to meeting my needs - it will need to be done by hand with a
>>brush.
>>
>> Does anyone have any good recommendations for what type of black paint
>>to use so that there are no compatibility problems with the
>>nitrocellulose lacquer clear? Will simple enamel work well?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Terry Farrell
>
>




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