[pianotech] cleaning key tops

[Terry Farrell]

I think nail polish remover is acetone. Different beast.

Terry Farrell

On Apr 5, 2010, at 2:27 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

> Marshall
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> If the keytops are plastic. do NOT use nail polish remover. Nail  
> polish remover is lacquer thinner, which eats up plastic.
> Unfortunately, there is nothing this customer can do to remove the  
> magic marker. One of the ingredients in the ink is lacquer, The  
> black ink has basically melted into the keytop material. While some  
> of it can be removed with naphtha, there will always be a black  
> residue inthe keytop.
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> If the keytops are ivory you can use alcohol and/or lacquer thinner  
> to remove the stain. But the longer you wait, the more that stuff  
> will seep into the grain of the ivory, and it will be very difficult  
> to remove the stain.
>
> Wim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 4:39 am
> Subject: [pianotech] cleaning key tops
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I Hope you guys had a great Easter.
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> I received an e-mail yesterday from a lady who said that her son put  
> permenant marker on a key.  They used toothe paste wit baking soda  
> which I said might be too abrasvie.  So what could be used to remove  
> permanent marker without damaging a key top.  I do not know if they  
> are ivor or plastic. It's a Pratt  & Read grand according to her.   
> Thanks everyone
> Marshall
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