May I suggest rubbing with a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a scotchbrite pad. This is what Arthur Grudko suggested to me--I am currently stripping a finish, and this is working well to remove wax build-up and residue and even the tone of the stain. Have you tried asking Arthur? (pianolac@bestweb.net)--I'm sure he would be happy to give advice. -Tim Timothy Ehlen Assist. Prof. of Piano Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Smith Hall 205 (217) 244-3336 ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:39:36 -0400 >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> >Subject: Stain Stripping >To: "Mailing list for piano refinishers." <refinish@ptg.org>, <pianotech@ptg.org> > > I stripped the finish off the inside of the case > (rim) of a piano I am working on. I used a > methylene-chloride-free product called Dyna-Strip 2, > sold by Pianolac. One application of stripper left > on overnight removed the finish completely - it > literally fell off - no scraping required at all. > I'm very happy with that aspect of the results. > > In some areas, hunks of the stripper slid down the > face of the rim - it still removed the finish - but > in those areas, less stain was removed. So now I > have shadows of light and dark where there was an > apparent difference in stain removal. > > What is the best way to address these stain shadows? > > Terry Farrell > >
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