Fairlight-CMI

I was thinking about refinishing the MDF case on the music keyboard and 
had a couple of questions:

1) Is it a good idea at all, or is it better, from a 
value/collectibility standpoint, to leave the original finish, 
blemishes and all?

2) Does anyone know the type of paint used originally?  I'd like to get 
as close as possible to the original finish.  

3)  What primer would be appropriate?

Cheers.

I asked Alan, the guy who used to make the keyboards and he said the paint
was a special blend 2 part polyester and there was primer and undercoat.


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From: kar_chicago [mailto:kar_chicago@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2007 2:51 AM
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] keyboard Refinishing Question



I was thinking about refinishing the MDF case on the music keyboard and 
had a couple of questions:

1) Is it a good idea at all, or is it better, from a 
value/collectibility standpoint, to leave the original finish, 
blemishes and all?

2) Does anyone know the type of paint used originally? I'd like to get 
as close as possible to the original finish. 

3) What primer would be appropriate?

Cheers.

Thanks for the info, Peter!

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Vogel" <peter.vogel@...> 
wrote:
>
> I asked Alan, the guy who used to make the keyboards and he said 
the paint
> was a special blend 2 part polyester and there was primer and 
undercoat.
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: kar_chicago [mailto:kar_chicago@...] 
> Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2007 2:51 AM
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] keyboard Refinishing Question
> 
> 
> 
> I was thinking about refinishing the MDF case on the music keyboard 
and 
> had a couple of questions:
> 
> 1) Is it a good idea at all, or is it better, from a 
> value/collectibility standpoint, to leave the original finish, 
> blemishes and all?
> 
> 2) Does anyone know the type of paint used originally? I'd like to 
get 

> as close as possible to the original finish. 
> 
> 3) What primer would be appropriate?
> 
> Cheers.
>