---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm showing my ignorance here, but what is DMSO? Avery At 04:26 PM 4/25/05, you wrote: >Joe -- > >Yow! I had no idea. Freaky how stuff like this happens. Who'ld a thunk >that DMSO would give one the power to make things rust. A power that can >only be used for good, or evil. > >She does have arthritis so I'll ask her if DMSO is in her arsenal of pain >relievers. > >Thanks -- > >-- Geoff Sykes >Assoc. Los Angeles > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joe Garrett >Sent: Apr 25, 2005 10:23 AM >To: pianotech >Subject: DMSO > >Geoff asked: "DMSO is applied directly to the skin, is it not? How would >that promote = >rust >in a piano?" > >Geoff, >Yes, DMSO is applied directly to the skin. HOWEVER, the darned stuff goes >through the system and is expelled through the pores. You can smell it and >it permeates the whole house environment! One incident, I had, was a lady >was using it and had a nice Everett Conslole. Called me to tune and >trouble shoot some problems. When I opened it up, the whole piano, >(everything that was iron/steel) was a mass of RUST!! Yikes! (said I) >After some conversation, she told me she had the same problem with her >sewing machine! I took the piano into the shop for a thorough de-rusting >and restringing. One month after delivery, it started to get rusty >again!!! (even though I was very fastidious in the de-rusting, etc.) I >took humidity readings at the initial visit and on each one after >delivery. Nothing out of the ordinary was detected. I put a damp-chaser in >the piano and that seemed to slow it down, but not completely eliminate it! >BTW, DMSO was originated to clean metal, specifically steel. It does that. >In fact, it does it so well, that it makes steel, in normal humidity >conditions, extremely susceptable to rusting. Not a fun gig! I v'e had >other instances with that stuff. Because there is a Dr. at the OHSU, >medical facility, in Portland, who specializes in the use of DMSO, there >are probably more cases than I'm aware of, in this area. >Regards, >Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >Captain, Tool Police >Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/98/36/be/af/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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