Oh yeah! No, no, no, no, no, no!!! I won't touch this myself - I can't even draw a decent stick figure! My son has a friend that is an art student at the college he goes to - she does pencil drawings and other lovely art work - she has the steady hand that I don't - plus she is comfy with a brush and can add her little flair. Actually, the paint stick that I've been using in the past are from Dick Blick. I had little doubt that the paint you gave the URL for will do very nicely - looks like it's right up the alley for my purpose - I will be ordering some. Wonderful - thank you. And thanks to the others that have said that enamel is the way to go. Terry Farrell On Aug 27, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Mike Spalding 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/?clickTracking=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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