I want some of that... they say that two heads are better than one, and I've been in many situations where at least a third hand would have been very, um, handy. On 10/20/07, Michael Spreeman <m_spreeman at hotmail.com> wrote: > > David, > > We used to use "Renuzit" with fairly long lasting results. It was > apparently a dry-cleaning fluid, possibly *1,1,1-trichloroethane*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2C1%2C1-Trichloroethane>. > Manufacture of the product appears to have been discontinued in the early > 1970s. Occasionally a second dose at a 6 month return tuning visit would be > necessary. It was taken off the market because of the nasty chemicals that > will cause one to grow two heads and four arms, but I think one of the > ingredients has similar properties to Xylene. No doubt the chem-heads will > chirp in and provide the gory details. > > > * Michael Spreeman > *http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com > > > ------------------------------ > > From: davidlovepianos at comcast.net > > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > Subject: Verdigris and Goof-Off > > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:20:13 -0700 > > > > While removing some action parts with light verdigris today I had this > > brainstorm to put a couple drops of Goof-Off on them to see what > happened. > > I was surprised to find that the loosened up almost immediately. Reading > > the ingredients I found that Goof-Off contains Xylene so I tried that > which > > worked almost as well. These parts were not that heavy with verdigris > and > > I'm wondering if anyone has any parts with heavy verdigris available > that > > they could try this experiment on--or has anybody tried this particular > > solvent and with what success over the long term. > > > > David Love > > davidlovepianos at comcast.net > > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! Get 'em!<http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071020/ee257eaf/attachment.html
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