[CAUT] cupcake icing vs action parts

[Susan Kline]

I'm sure it isn't nearly as bad as Coca Cola.

At 07:13 PM 3/28/2009, you wrote:

>Has anyone studied the long term effects of cupcake icing on steel 
>and brass action parts, especially damper springs and center 
>pins?  I'm assuming the icing is the standard vegetable shortening and sugar.
>
>I found the dry, crusty remains of some sort of baked good with said 
>icing in a school console piano. I'm wondering if all greasy parts 
>need to be washed with naptha, or if the vanilla "lube" with 
>sprinkles is harmless?
>
>The surface solids have already been removed.  All that remains is 
>some soaked-in grease on about 10 damper flanges and levers.  I'm 
>just wondering if the springs will start breaking off and action 
>centers will start freezing up.
>
>Maybe I'll leave it as a long-term test specimen.
>
>Greg Graham