David Instead of fabric softener, which can discolor the felt, have you thought about steam voicing? It is quite effective, and reversible, ad it doesn't change the color of the hammers. Wim -----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>; caut <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 5:31 am Subject: [pianotech] Fabric softener on hard hammers Those of you who use fabric softener on hard hammers what do use, what do ou mix it with and in what proportion. I've got a customer with an old pright that someone put some real rocks on and there's no way to needle hem down. Tried the alcohol and water route with limited success, going to lan B before I set the explosives. David Love ww.davidlovepianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110224/42cc23d4/attachment.htm>
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