piano wire

[Greg Newell]

Carl,

Unscented talc can be had from the local druggist.

Greg

Carl Meyer wrote:

> 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
> ? ?
> ?

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