I stand humbly corrected, I'll try it next time I have a customer who's child has outgrown the marker pen letters on the keys. Blaine Hebert bhebert@compuserve.com Message text written by INTERNET:pianotech@ptg.org > I know, ammonia and chlorine mix to create phosgene gas, but I don't believe Wright's silver paste has any. I've actually used it. ( My idea was posted in the Journal.) I HAVE had incredible results with it, and it works. I never had any problems with fumes, either. I did a complete keyboard with it in about fifteen minutes. But, if you don't want to try it, don't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bhebert" <BHebert@compuserve.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:02 AM Subject: Re: permanent marker on plastic keytops > Most silver cleaners contain ammonia, that can't be safely mixed with > bleach, besides if you do you just make a harmless salt that does vey > little, along with chlorine gas that destroys lung tissue permanently. > > > I've used this successfully; mix up, in a 35mm film container, some of the > paste type silver cleaner (Wright's) and several drops of bleach. Not too > runny now, you want it to just be a thin paste. Then apply it sparingly, > and > use an old hammer (from a piano, not the other kind) to rub the key top > vigorously, as if you were using an eraser. The bleach goes into the key to > get the marker. Let me know how it worked.< > > > > Blaine Hebert > bhebert@compuserve.com > <
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