peroxide

[Elian Degen]

Now that Brian mentions it

In Venezuela we do the same, we have quite a strong burning sun all year
round, I personally by the peroxide from the grocery store in front of my
house. There is a product here made by Miss Clairol pretty strong, it is
called Oxidizing Cream, it comes in cream form, much more concentrate than
the liquid staff, ( You must use gloves to use it or you get pretty severe
burns from it, I got burned once, skin turns paper white, with and very
sensitive) procedure is the same, Lay the keys under the sun and swab them.
amazing results.

Elian Degen
Piano Tuner and Technician
Caracas, Venezuela  degen@telcel.net.ve

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Lawsonic Pianoforte Services <lawsonic@global.co.za>
Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Fecha: Domingo, 14 de Marzo de 1999 07:25 a.m.
Asunto: Re: peroxide


>Use of peroxide here (South Africa) is done out of a little bottle, the
>keys sit out in the sun (which we have quite a lot of) and get swabbed ever
>half an hour or so, so being in the sun peroxide dries up very quickly. If
>you use indoors under UV you may get the problem below. One checks that the
>keys are not loose before being put outside and glue them back on as
>needed.
>
>Brian
>
>
>----------The use of liquids on ivories attached to
>> keys is questionable since ivory is porus and they might decide to become
>> unglued. They first exhibit this tendency by curling up at the edges, and
>> then splitting down the middle.... sometimes. Even on ivories removed it
>> is a touchy procedure, they still try to warp depending on how you try to
>> dry them.
>>
>> Ric Whiter   <----(but slightly warped)
>>
>
>
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