[CAUT] Yamaha sharps

[Thomas Seay]

>	Yesterday I had an unfortunate experience cleaning keytops. 
>Yamaha C-2 about 20 years old. The sharps (wooden) had a good bit of 
>buildup of the gray goo, so I was fairly liberal with the Cory 
>KeyBrite. Got done, looked back to admire my work, and found it had 
>raised a very thin clear finish on the sharps - blistered so as to 
>look somewhat white.
>	Has anyone been down this road and found a good fix? I'm 
>thinking I have to remove this light, glossy, clear finish, and 
>don't want to disturb what's underneath. I'm assuming that this is 
>probably not real ebony, and that even if it is, it has a black 
>spray coating of some sort. I thought of just buffing with 0000 
>wool, and emulated that with a square of ScotchBrite I had handy. 
>Doesn't seem like a good way to go. So I am thinking I'll either 
>experiment with solvents (possibly spray a solvent in hopes of 
>re-amalgamating - foolish hope) or sand carefully. But perhaps 
>someone has come up with a better plan.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico
>fssturm at unm.edu

You might try 0000 steel wool and naptha.

Tom
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