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Chuck123 Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:24 pm Post subject: French polish |
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HI, I am restoring an old Hopf violin and I am trying to French polish it.It looks great till the olive oil drys,then it looks dull streaky and blotchy.Tryed everything I can think of with no luck. |
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ctviolin Super Member
Joined: 07 May 2009 Posts: 961 Location: Roswell
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ctviolin Super Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: French polish |
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Chuck123 wrote: | HI, I am restoring an old Hopf violin and I am trying to French polish it.It looks great till the olive oil drys,then it looks dull streaky and blotchy.Tryed everything I can think of with no luck. |
Chuck -
I might add that if you've never french polished before, that you start out on a board. Learn the basics. Then do your violin.
Its a skill you acquire after some basic practice. _________________ Look,
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:47 am Post subject: |
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First, you should have no oil left after poilshing.... the last step is to spirit off the oils to leave just the shellac. here is an excellent link to an expert tutorial..
http://milburnguitars.com/fpbannerframes.html
good luck and keep practicing... Mat |
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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ha ha ct... I am picking up your habits.... two posts in a row!
Lee Valley tools puts on a good practical hands on 1 day training course for french polishing... I took it and well worth the $70 cost which includes all the materials.
Here is an example... but depending on where you live, they put it on at various times in their various stores across the country.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/home/SeminarDetails.aspx?p=1867&rs=75 |
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ctviolin Super Member
Joined: 07 May 2009 Posts: 961 Location: Roswell
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Mat Roop wrote: | ha ha ct... I am picking up your habits.... two posts in a row!
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...tee hee!
Oh God! Don,t get me started... _________________ Look,
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ctviolin Super Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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ctviolin wrote: |
...tee hee!
Oh God! Don,t get me started... |
See what happens? _________________ Look,
Listen,
Learn. |
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ctviolin Super Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ok...
Lets start over.
(well, now that I'm thinking about it, 'just starting over' might be the problem.) _________________ Look,
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ctviolin Super Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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ctviolin wrote: |
(well, now that I'm thinking about it, 'just starting over' might be the problem.)
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Think so? _________________ Look,
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