Well Duh, just put the whole piano into a walk in freezer. Then tune it, scrape the wax off with a hatchet, then place back in the home. The piano will sound so awful, they'll forget about the wax. ;-] I confess I don't know exactly what I'd do. Probably would still use a card scraper and mineral spirits, hoping not to scratch the finish at all, and see what that gave us. If the finish is noticeably discolored, then a light wet-sand at p600 (or p400 followed by p600) and rub-out the whole lid with 0000 steel wool. I've found that if I have to sand the finish, it's pretty tough to only sand one section, even if you're only at p600, and get the final rub out to blend well. William R. Monroe On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > How 'bout when the wax in right in the middle of the lid of a nice Baldwin > grand in satin ebony lacquer - big 'ole wad of candle wax......? > > Terry Farrell > > On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:30 PM, William Monroe wrote: > > Dittos to both. Freeze the keys and it should mostly come off, then scrape > (I would probably use a medium thickness card scraper) then sand/buff with > compounds as necessary to remove any scratches. > > William R. Monroe > > > On Mon, 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/20101115/0b167018/attachment.htm>
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