Clyde - Any thing you do to remove this will affect the sheen, so plan on doing some buffing to get the sheen back up. I would try a key or two using the polish remover(or acetone), using a staight stroke wiping motion. The cloth should not be soaking wet, and you may consider a quick wet stroke, followed immediately by a quick dry stroke. It may save you some time over the wet sanding, although you may find you have to resort to that. You could also try lacquer thinner in the same fashion - may be a tad bit slower in attacking the plastic. Buffy, the keytop slayer... Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 08:52:34 -0400 Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net> writes: > At 08:01 AM 09/03/1999 -0400, you wrote: > >Friends, > > > >One of the school pianos I tuned yesterday has what appears to be > >fingernail polish on the keytops. Five-year-old Schimmel, plastic > >keytops. I found info on removing tape residues or magic marker. > Can > >someone direct me to what one uses in this case? Thanks! > > > >Clyde Hollinger, RPT > > > >P.S. I had a client who used fingernail polish remover -- it took > the > >gloss off the keytops. > > > > This polish remover is acetone based, which will melt the plastic. > > The keys are probably etched under the polish especially if it is > lacquer > based; so I would proceed with a wet sanding and buffing. > > Happy Rubbing, > > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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