<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Bill,</div><div>I've found that after about 30 coats of the same Black Paint over Hardboard, over time, the stage surface becomes much more forgiving to piercing, scratches, and other damage. I use 1 1/4" x 1/4" strips of Lathe under the Hardboard for the right 'give', and pennies as spacers.</div><div>/s/ Richard</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good advice above. Lots of stages with varying floors - blond<br>
hardwood downstage, pine or hardboard upstage, concrete in wings<br>
(which I detest).<br>
<br>
You could paint it all but covering all with hardboard is a good plan.<br>
Difficult to find good hardboard today. Just a few mills that make it<br>
like they use to.<br>
<br>
I use to specify Rosco Tough Prime black satin but had some peeling<br>
problems and learned they changed the formulation. Did some research<br>
and testing and settled on PPG Breakthough in wrought iron (black) and<br>
satin. Pretty happy with it.<br>
<br>
Good luck<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC<br>
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