Stubborn bushings

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Wed, 03 Apr 2002 17:28:44 -0600


Dave,

Have you tried steam? And maybe also, if necessary, in conjunction with the 
"remover"?

Avery

At 04:45 PM 04/03/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Well, I've never had this much trouble removing key bushings. Just a 
>little water and wall paper remover and they practically fall off. Maybe a 
>little heat for some, but these are completely fused to the wood. As one. 
>The few I have removed have come off with a thin layer of wood. I dropped 
>the bushing into the solution and after soaking you still couldn't pick 
>the wood apart from the felt.
>
>Is there a way to remove these without any wood or am I just going to have 
>to remove some wood and use thicker bushing cloth?
>
>Dave Bunch




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