[CAUT] Yamaha sharps

[Karen Lindsley]

Fred,
I have a scotchbrite wheel that fits on my polisher.  It will generally take
the finish off quickly and leaves a nice smooth finish behind.  I make sets
of ebony sharps and  don't put a finish on them other than this burnishing
with the wheel.
Karen

On Dec 13, 2007 6:53 AM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:

>        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
>
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