Cleaning Up Contact Cement

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Tom,
There is a citrus cleaner that will clean the keys up without a lot of chem.
odor etc.
It takes a little longer before you can resurface the key ( 24 hours ) but
it is worth it to avoid the smells.
Susan? what was that stuff?
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@mediaone.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Cleaning Up Contact Cement


> laquer thinner    tom driscoll
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@sover.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 9:39 PM
> Subject: Cleaning Up Contact Cement
>
>
> > Call it Karma. After years of pasting ivories back onto a Steinway
> > keyboard with contact cement, I am now doing an ivory restoration on
> > it. So what's the solvent which will loosen  this stuff up so that I
> > can get back down to bare wood and naked ivory?
> >
> > I've already heard the lectures in my mind's ear, just the solution,
> please.
> >
> > Bill Ballard RPT
> > NH Chapter
> >
> > "May you work on interesting pianos."
> >      ...........Ancient Chinese Proverb
>
>