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[email protected] (Cameron Williams)

23/10/2004 4:22 PM

Shellac Help

I am converting an old organ into a bar, and am looking for the best
way to completely seal the keys. There are small gaps between keys
and I am wondering how this will affect things. Will the shellac fill
these gaps and remain smooth on top? anything I should be careful of?


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Prometheus

in reply to [email protected] (Cameron Williams) on 23/10/2004 4:22 PM

24/10/2004 2:26 AM

On 23 Oct 2004 16:22:31 -0700, [email protected] (Cameron
Williams) wrote:

>I am converting an old organ into a bar,

Have you tried Viagra?

> and am looking for the best
>way to completely seal the keys. There are small gaps between keys
>and I am wondering how this will affect things. Will the shellac fill
>these gaps and remain smooth on top? anything I should be careful of?

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in reply to [email protected] (Cameron Williams) on 23/10/2004 4:22 PM

23/10/2004 4:55 PM

On 23 Oct 2004 16:22:31 -0700, [email protected] (Cameron
Williams) wrote:

>I am converting an old organ into a bar, and am looking for the best
>way to completely seal the keys. There are small gaps between keys
>and I am wondering how this will affect things. Will the shellac fill
>these gaps and remain smooth on top? anything I should be careful of?


you're biting off a hornets nest, if I may mix my metaphors.

I'd have a nice thick, like 1/2", piece of tempered glass made that
covers everything and make sure the edges are sealed.

DW

Doug Winterburn

in reply to [email protected] (Cameron Williams) on 23/10/2004 4:22 PM

23/10/2004 4:41 PM

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:22:31 -0700, Cameron Williams wrote:

> I am converting an old organ into a bar

Many of us would like to convert our old organs...

> anything I should be careful of?

If it stays a bar for more than 4 hours, call a doctor.

-Doug

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EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to [email protected] (Cameron Williams) on 23/10/2004 4:22 PM

24/10/2004 1:17 AM


"Cameron Williams" <[email protected]> wrote in message

>I am converting an old organ into a bar, and am looking for the best
> way to completely seal the keys. There are small gaps between keys
> and I am wondering how this will affect things. Will the shellac fill
> these gaps and remain smooth on top? anything I should be careful of?

It would take 200 coats of shellac to fill them and shellac is not alcohol
proof so it is a poor selection for a bar.

I'd use an epoxy or polyester resin to fill the gaps. Once filled, I'd coat
the whole thing with the resin or maybe polyurethane.


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