I scrub them with a little brass brush dipped in Naptha, with aluminum foil draped over the action to deflect the runoff onto the driveway. Wearing mask and gloves, and brushing in the appropriate direction to give the jack "bite" in the buckskin grain upon keystroke, I have seen many deeply compressed knuckles come out looking like new this way. Then Teflon (TM) powder. Thump --- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote: > Hi Jack, > Give me a private post. > Joe Goss > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jack Houweling > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:43 PM > Subject: Fw: Knuckles/Graphite > > > Hello > > > I would like to clean knuckles by removing old > graphite . I read in the Reblitz the way to clean is > to use a solution of eight parts naphtha to one part > mineral oil in a hypo-oiler. Is this technique still > used ? > > > Thanks > Jack Houweling > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
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