Ink on Piano

[Jon Page]

Meguire's Cleaner Wax may work.

At 06:27 AM 3/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>If the finish is a "filled" finish you should be able to eliminate the
>ink spot.  I would start with some mineral spirits first, to see if it
>may dissolve it.  It will not harm the finish.  If that doesn't work, you
>will have to "rub out" the stain, starting with the least abrasive
>compound that you can find and moving into more cutting abrasives only if
>necessary.  Traditional finish abrasives are pumice and rottenstone used
>with oil or water and a dense felt pad.  Auto shops have a multitude of
>fine abrasive rubbing compounds for rubbing out tiny scratches, and they
>work great.  Something every home is sure to have is some toothpaste.  It
>can be used with a dampened cloth or with a WHITE scotch brite pad
>moistened a bit.  If a harsh abrasive is required to remove it, proceed
>with caution so as not to rub through the finish, but if it is a filled
>finish, there is little likelihood of that happening unless the stain is
>particularly nasty.  If the sheen of the finish was altered in this spot
>by rubbing out the ink stain, use fine abrasives to bring it back up to
>match the surrounding finish. 
>
>Good luck.
>
>Mark Potter
>bases-loaded@juno.com
>
> 
>On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:48:39 EST PDtek@AOL.COM writes:
>>
>>A local dealer delivered a Yamaha P22 to a customer. Upon setting a 
>>tuning
>>appointment she said that when the piano arrived, there were what 
>>appeard to
>>her to be blue and black ball point pen marks on the light oak 
>>cabinet. She
>>said that after some rubbing, the blue came off but the black is still 
>>there.
>>
>>Does anyone have a suggestion for removing this mark without damaging 
>>the
>>finish?
>>
>>Dave Bunch
>  

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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