> Newton thinks I should be shot. Now don't be giving me ideas, Dan. No proof, just urban legends, but if it can go through _glass_ and plastic what chance does air have? The problem with this stuff is that you won't know there is a problem until you have stability problem with your tuning or keytops start coming off or glue joints begin to fail. By that time it is way, way too late. I had some of that stuff, from Wurlitzer I think, but dumped it when I started hearing horror stories. Dan, you are so stubborn. :) Best to Martha. Newton thepianoarts wrote: > > Earl, > > I have a question for you about using naptha and Baldwins silicone oil, > (their recepie) to "treat" sluggish flanges. My friend Newton, strongly > disapproves of using this mixture, because of the chance that the silicone > will make its way into the pinblock, etc. > Baldwin sells about 1/2 a pint of silicone oil, with instructions to > mix it with one gallon VM&P naptha. I have been squirting it on flanges for > many moons. Newton thinks I should be shot. Aside from silicones reputation > for causing refinishing (fish-eye) problems, do you have any knowledge of > its properties, for example, to migrate from the hammer shank flanges, to > the pinblock, in a vertical piano? > > Thanks, > > Dan
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