[CAUT] Cleaning old mold

[Ruth Van Dine]

The product was "Scott's Liquid Gold - Mod Control 500"  I think the 500
refers to 500 square feet of cleaning.  It is a box with a 2 part mixture
from ACE Hardware and was not with the rest of the regular mold cleaners.

 

I found the piano had been refinished and not the original finish and the
mildew was not so bad.   I cleaned with Murphy's and will go stronger in
need be.

 

Ruth

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
wimblees at aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:07 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold

 

Ruth

 

The guy at the hardware store is right not to use bleach on shellac. But the
piano doesn't have a shellac finish. It's a lacquer finish. Ask him if the
mold products he has can be used on that.

 

What product did he give you to use on shellac?

Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Van Dine <Ruth at VanDineDesign.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 11:19 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold

Thanks for all of the ideas.  It is actually 2 Steinways I need to work on,
one is almost sitting in the ocean in a summer cottage (Mansion) and the
other one is in a house which has been remodeled and just the piano needs
cleaning.  
 
The dude at the hardware store didn't want me to use any bleach product on
an old shellac finish.  So I've got something else to try.  I'll let you
know how it works out.
 
Ruth Van Dine
 
-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org
<mailto:caut-%20%20bounces at ptg.org?> ] On Behalf Of Elwood
Doss
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:29 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold
 
How about Odo-ban?
Elwood
 
-----Original Message-----
 
From:  "johnparham at piano88.com" <johnparham at piano88.com>
Subj:  Re: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold
Date:  Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:01 am
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To:  "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
 
I have run into this situation as well. 
 
Bleach, to my understanding, is the only way that I know of to kill 
mold.  If you use a product that has bleach in it, won't it affect the 
finish of the piano? 
 
Isn't there another way to kill mold on piano parts without challenging 
conventional wisdom about bleach and piano finishes? 
 
-John Parham 
Hickory, NC 
 
> -------- Original Message -------- 
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold 
> From: wimblees at aol.com 
> Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 7:05 pm 
> To: caut at ptg.org 
> Ruth 
> The "mold remover" products you buy at the hardware store contain bleach.
I've had pretty good success using one of those products. I don't know if I
would vacuum the mold. It will stick to the inside of the vacuum hose, and
you'll 
wind up with the stuff all over your car, or where ever you store
your vacuum cleaner.  
> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT 
> Piano Tuner/Technician 
> Mililani, Oahu, HI 
> 808-349-2943 
> Author of:  
> The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press 
> www.pianotuning.com <http://www.pianotuning.com/>  
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ruth Van Dine <Ruth at VanDineDesign.com> 
> To: caut at ptg.org 
> Sent: Sat, Aug 29, 2009 11:18 am 
> Subject: [CAUT] Cleaning old mold 
> Hi, 
> I need to clean old mold out of a 1940 ebony Steinway.  I've heard to just
vacuum off the old mold, clean it with a mild detergent solution, rinse &
dry.  Also noted that bleach is not the solution to use. 
>   
> Is this about right?? 
>   
> Ruth 
>   
> Ruth Van Dine, RPT 
> 62 Stokes St, Warwick RI 02889 
> 401-921-2456 
> www.RuthsPiano.com <http://www.ruthspiano.com/>  
>   
 
 
 
 
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