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11 hours ago, Mike_Danielson said:

If you are using the rosin or balsam in small amounts as the ground, then why not use varnish in small amounts as a ground because it will fully harden in a short time. 

"Fully hardened" linseed oil or oil-containing varnishes aren't very hard, in any testing I've done, and shows up as higher damping.  In small amounts, or very lean varnish, it might not be a big deal, or maybe you want a damped sound.  But for now, I'm trying to minimize damping wherever possible, except for the final oil varnish.  Rosin or hard resins will be harder and less damping than "hardened" linseed oil; balsam (i.e. sap) I have no idea.

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3 hours ago, Don Noon said:

But for now, I'm trying to minimize damping wherever possible, except for the final oil varnish.  Rosin or hard resins will be harder and less damping than "hardened" linseed oil; balsam (i.e. sap) I have no idea.

Won't rosin or cooked rosin alone become so brittle and friable sooner or later, that it will turn to a powder and lose its cohesive qualities, resulting in higher damping?

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13 minutes ago, JacksonMaberry said:

Re: limed or "hardened" rosin - it's rosinate. 

Re: damping - some damping in certain areas of the frequency spectrum is really good actually

Exactly...You wouldn't want to drive a 700hp sports car with stiff springs and no dampers!....Damping in fiddles is what makes the bow contact feel good

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1 hour ago, JacksonMaberry said:

1. Re: limed or "hardened" rosin - it's rosinate. 

2. Re: damping - some damping in certain areas of the frequency spectrum is really good actually

1. Should we presume that all roninates are equal?

2. Maybe, or maybe not, depending on where in the spectrum the damping occurs.

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5 hours ago, Don Noon said:

 balsam (i.e. sap) I have no idea.

B) Thanks, Sap = Kåda = Gum = resin = rosin = balsam, recent learning.

If you like you can use Joe's sap ground (preferably balsam when you like to be fancy)

I'm in the stage of making pine sap varnish, 10 hours cook, before rain, 35% weight reduction, it has now cooled down, very brittle and black-dark sap i.e rosin, tomorrow it's resin again when about 120-150 C. After ~50% reduction I'll add linseed oil and spirit of balsam (sorry sap), then it will be called varnish.

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3 minutes ago, Peter K-G said:

B) Thanks, Sap = Kåda = Gum = resin = rosin = balsam, recent learning.

If you like you can use Joe's sap ground (preferably balsam when you like to be fancy)

I'm in the stage of making pine sap varnish, 10 hours cook, before rain, 35% weight reduction, it has now cooled down, very brittle and black-dark sap i.e rosin, tomorrow it's resin again when about 120-150 C. After ~50% reduction I'll add linseed oil and spirit of balsam (sorry sap), then it will be called varnish.

 You clearly misunderstand. You need the tree sap, the other tree sap, and the seed sap to make the sap. I'm sure it's much easier in Swedish, like everything else, but do give it a proper try won't you? ;-)

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9 minutes ago, JacksonMaberry said:

 You clearly misunderstand. You need the tree sap, the other tree sap, and the seed sap to make the sap. I'm sure it's much easier in Swedish, like everything else, but do give it a proper try won't you? ;-)

:D Yes, in Swedish everything is kåda

 

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5 minutes ago, David Burgess said:

Yup.

How have you arrived art this conclusion?

I have arrived at (sic) this conclusion through several years of careful research and experimentation. The partial water solubility of calcium rosinates, their curing time in oil varnishes compared with Zinc and Iron rosinates being longer, their lesser durability to physical and chemical attack amongst the metal rosinates, all of which I have observed and confirmed in my work, make calcium rosinates a lesser choice than other options.

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2 minutes ago, David Burgess said:

 

David,

I don't understand why you're having such a difficult time with this. As I explained, I have made rosinates a focus of my research for four years and counting now. I have made many different kinds, more than once, and have been very deliberate and careful about my experiments and record keeping. While not a PhD chemist, I do have an undergrad chem background and have PhD chemist friends who are kind to help me with my studies. 

As I have said, and Peter has confirmed, there are certain issues that calcium rosinates exhibit that certain other metal rosinates do not. What else is it that you want to know?

 

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3 minutes ago, JacksonMaberry said:

David,

I don't understand why you're having such a difficult time with this. As I explained, I have made rosinates a focus of my research for four years and counting now. I have made many different kinds, more than once, and have been very deliberate and careful about my experiments and record keeping.

Wow. Four years? Cool. Lots of us have been doing that for around 50 years. You may or may not have some catching up to do. ;)

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1 minute ago, David Burgess said:

Wow. Four years? Cool. Lots of us have been doing that for around 50 years. You may or may not have some catching up to do. ;)

I did not realize you have devoted so much of your substantial decades to rosinate study. Given that, I would be honored to learn as much as I can from the results of your research. I am interested especially how you came to such different results regarding calcium rosinates. I would like to replicate your method and see if I can come up with the same results. 

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