Well , eveything that I got on gmail I have got on yahoo, but I haven't got much on either, so I'm "trial ballooning" again. Except I have a question, and it is predictibly a MAKING question., actually a pickling question. (If you are Helmut Gotchsky (HG) or have his book, I'm on page 50 "Das Beizen" ) This gets translated ( also in the dictionary) as "The Pickling". So I went to the hardware store looking for Pickling, she ( this wasn't "Julie -in -the -cage" she saw me coming and went off to measure something.) showed it to me and said it was about the same as Whitewash . SO; I am wondering if "Beizen" can also mean "Stain" ( some kind of generic word) or something else entirely different. A very light coat of whitewash might easily become transparent under a few coats of shellac, but I'm not willing to find out that way. The back and sides are pretty thin already and I thought it would be cheaper to ask somebody first. Fact? Opinions? Anyone... As far as I can tell, it's been real quiet on the hurdy Gurdy front, so here's your chance to pipe up.
Oh yes, indeed, if I go that route I will test it on a board ( plenty of those lying around) but it would still be cheaper to ask questions first. Thanks, Roy
