Crowns have the # on the striped balls in the white field.... compared to the Premiers that have a white plug in the color stripe (like those pictured)
Shellac is used to seal raw wood to either avoiding blotching when staining or used to seal oily or tannin rich woods so you can topcoat. For example, polyurethane won't cure if put directly on rosewood. Sealing with shellac allows you to bridge from the raw wood to be able to topcoat with...
I recently was asked to replace rubber on a GCIII. K55 on the left, SS in the middle, K66 on the right. It was my understanding that K55 is the replacement for SS...:unsure:
The Brunswick "certified slate" sticker is the bottom. The other "Brunswick Top" sticker came off something else (possibly the cloth), probably stuck there by the installer.
Sometimes its hard enough to stretch a handful of cloth that's 4" wide...much more difficult to stretch a 40"-48" width of fabric I would imagine.
...good idea in theory though
If alone I install rails and casting in position on the slate and get them all lined up straight and tightened. If the aprons still have the fiberglass skirts on them it the bracket from the skirt to the frame works great to keep it in position. If they've been removed- bungee, blue tape, even a...
Get the 9', or you should be able to order it for an oversize 8. You figure the cloth will be 51x96...slate on an oversize 8 is 53x99, thats a pretty tight stretch with no material to work with.