piano wire

[David Love]

You can get unscented talc at most any good drug store.
You might have to ask for it.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Meyer" <cmpiano@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: December 28, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: piano wire


>
> 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
> > >
> >
>
>