Mass produced pianos would have to be finished in places where wages a far lower than Europe or The US in order to compete price-wise with other finishing methods. The reason this is not used more often is not the quality of the result, but the cost of paying someone with experience to do it. The final multiple passes are shellac only. You work through grades of rottenstone + shellac from coarser to finest. The first step uses rottenstone (like pumice) mixed with 1/2 lb or 1 lb cut shellac rottenstone comes in grades (particle size). Over a stained and filled (grain filler) prepared surface:
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That is the standard piano finish for quality pianos, period.įrench polish is a series of steps that fills and smooths surfaces using shellac. It seems nobody bothered to mention French Polish. This can be achieved in any number of ways, from the old traditional methods used in furniture finishing such as using powdered rottenstone lubricated with a light oil or water, to modern cream polishing compounds and powered rotary polishers.
Special care must be taken at edges and corners as it is very easy to sand through to the primer coat.įinal smoothing by wet-sanding to a very high grit, while still striving to keep the surface flat it is possible to introduce waves and other dips into the finish even after switching to very fine grits.
Just as with most painting and varnishing multiple thin coats are better than one thicker coat.įlattening off using a sanding block to maintain a good flat surface. The flatter the starting surface the less paint you have to use too, so it does have both time and cost benefits.īuild up of colour in multiple layers. Good surface prep is very important, imperfections 'telegraph' through paint very easily so the more perfect you can get the surface initially the better.
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