applying graphite

[David Nereson]

No, Dag is a "liquid graphite" product that's sold by Schaff.  It's not
waxy or greasy like the junk you scrape out of rep. lever grooves and
trapwork in pianos from the 50's and before, that have never been
cleaned/reconditioned.
	--David Nereson, RPT

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Scott Jackson
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:27 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: applying graphite


I thought that "Dag" was the gunky graphite grease?

Scott Jackson


> Unfortunately, a lot of techs confuse dry graphite powder with the gunky
> "graphite grease" that was used in past decades by several manufacturers
> who smeared it all over repetition spring grooves in grands especially,
> but also on trapwork springs and elsewhere.  Because of this gunk,
> graphite in any form has gotten a bad rep.
>-------------------snip-------------------<
> For tops of dowel capstans, jacks, tops of repetition levers, etc., I
> used to use Dag, and sometimes still do, but prefer Emralon.
> --David Nereson, RPT