Mineral spirits will clean up the residue. ---Dave On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:11 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> wrote: > I wouldn't use heat to melt it, that would cause the wax to migrate into the key further. > Just use a razor blade, and scrape. > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > On 2010-11-15, at 10:35 AM, toddpianoworks at att.net wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I've got a client who's spilled candle wax on their keys and didn't notice it before it hardened. >> >> I'll be going over later, but I wanted to see if anyone has had a similiar scenario. >> >> I was going to lightly run a lighter over to melt the wax on the tops of the keys. Then remove those keys and take a sharp chisel to the keysticks/frame/bed and just replace the punchings. >> >> Does anyone have any other ideas? >> >> Thanks! >> Matthew >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101115/380080e8/attachment-0001.htm>
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