These three photos show the steamer I now use, which is a Conair product I bought at Target for between $30-35. It is nice in that it covers both sharps and naturals simultaneously, and also covers six or seven keys at a time. I move it slowly over one keyclamp worth of one rail, about one second per bushing, then do that again. The follow immediately with the temperature controlled bushing iron. The iron is dipped in and out very rapidly the first time, then followed with a second run through a little slower (still less than a second the second time). I insert a corner of the heated caul into the center of the bushing as the initial move, to avoid the possibility of pressing the bushing out of alignment - but usually the steam hasn't been enough to soften glue, just enough to swell the fibers. If the bushings haven't been lubricated before, I run powdered teflon in them with a pipecleaner prior to the second use of the iron. P2030003.JPG P2030005.JPG P2030007.JPG -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/a50a69ff/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P2030003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 20732 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/a50a69ff/attachment-0003.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P2030005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 24787 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/a50a69ff/attachment-0004.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P2030007.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 24722 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/a50a69ff/attachment-0005.jpg>
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