On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Lawrence R K Becker < lawrence.becker at insightbb.com> wrote: > Dear Group- > > What polishing compound do you find works well when cleaning up agraffes? > I have some from a new Boston that were discolored after an HVAC pipe leaked > into the piano, down the (mostly) bass strings, and into the agraffes. I > used Hagerty Heavy-Duty copper brass & metal polish, which initial tests > showed to work a little better than Brasso. The results are not > acceptable--the discoloration is still there, and the brass did not get that > high shine I've seen when polishing capstans. > > I'll have to re-do these, and would like to do so only once. > > Any help appreciated. > > Lawrence Becker, RPT > Northern Kentucky University > Hi Lawrence, I have used jewelers rouge on a small buffing wheel that fits my Dremel tool for badly or heavily stained items. I then wipe it clean with a clean cotton cloth and polish it again with Flitz. The Flitz also serves as a polish/protectant for a period of time preventing new corrosion from forming. Good luck, Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090923/54e6aed4/attachment.htm>
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