piano wire

[Carl Meyer]

Question:  Where do you get unscented talc?  You gotta admit the baby powder
smells good.  If the scent is so problematic, why don't the babies complain?
I've thought that those that caution about additives just have to find
something to criticize.  Like the environmentalists who can find something
wrong with everything.

The glove seems to last okay.  I don't use them often, but they are great
when refinishing as I put them on and a heavy rubber glove over them.  They
serve as a heat insulator so I can dip a pad of steel wool in a solution of
very hot water with TSP(I'm in trouble with the environmental gurus now) or
ammonia or some other type of detergent when I'm stripping varnish or
lacquer off a piano.  After using paint remover to get all the finish off,
I put a wet coat of  remover on and immediately scour it off with the steel
wool.  If the water is really hot the surface foams and the stain just seems
to boil right out.  Then rinse with cold water or wipe with a terry cloth
towel and it will dry in 20-30 minutes.  I'm giving my refinishing secrets
away.  Go for it. I like refinishing but it takes so much more room than I
have available and I don't want to fight the EPA.

Regards

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: piano wire


> I keep my hands dusted with unscented talc.  It seems to do the job.  I
find
> that any gloves that don't compromise dexterity tend to wear out too fast.
>
> David Love
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@attbi.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; "joyce pettipiece" <rejoice@volcano.net>; "bing
> gibbs" <binggib@pacbell.net>; "Antony Hulshoff" <ajdhulshoff@yahoo.com>
> Sent: December 26, 2001 11:47 AM
> Subject: piano wire
>
>
> > This picture shows a glove that I've had for years.  It is used in clean
> > rooms and is a nice tight fitting thin nylon glove that isn't too
clumsy.
> I
> > need to find a source.  It keeps the sweat off the wire.  If I were in a
> > humid area I would keep my wire in a heated closet, but here in my area
it
> > is not necessary.  Hope this info is useful to some of you.
> >
> > Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
> > Santa Clara, California
> > cmpiano@attbi.com
> >
>