This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Someone in our local chapter had a great idea to do all quickly. If you = have the large buffer. Take off the keyslip, insert a wood prop under = all the keys. This will lift all the whites above the sharps. Now you = can buff all at once. Mike Bratcher ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Cy Shuster=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 5:52 PM Subject: Restoring gloss to plastic keytops I'm trying to clean and polish the plastic keytops on my 1923 5'8" = Krakauer. They were replaced some time more than five years ago, and = have the note name embossed at the tail. Following a search of the archives, I've successfully used 0000 steel = wool to remove stubborn glued-on spots of what seems to be stain or = varnish. However, this has completely deglossed the finish. Doesn't = look bad, but very different to the rest. First attempts at buffing = using the Dremel and a small cotton wheel (3/8") caused only melting of = the top (fortunately, just at the hidden tail, where I started). I was = surprised, because in the archives someone successfully used a 20,000 = RPM device. The Dremel polishing kit came with some red rouge, said to give a = "high gloss on metals and plastics", but it doesn't. I've tried buffing = with a clean cotton wheel on a variable speed power drill, and at least = it doesn't melt the plastic, but the gloss doesn't come back. Suggestions? Thanks... --Cy Shuster-- Rochester, MN ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3b/f2/1b/ce/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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