ozonation

[Brian Trout]

Hi Kent,

I'm with you on this one.  Ozone will do a nice job of deodorizing a smokey
piano, but nevertheless, ozone can have a very corrosive effect upon metals.

I tend to think that 4 days in the ozone chamber is a bit excessive.  We
have a local company that does our ozoning for us that will usually let the
item in the chamber for about 1 day.  So far we've not had any problem with
the smoke smell returning.  We're dealing with pianos.  Perhaps some
furniture pieces may require more time.?

FWIW.

Brian Trout
Quarryville, Pa.
btrout@desupernet.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Kwkeys@AOL.COM <Kwkeys@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: ozonation


>If I recall correctly from a previous experience, ozone treatment can cause
>rust to form fairly quickly on strings, tuning pins, etc.
>Kent Webb
>