[pianotech] Glass cleaner to remove cigarette tar, how to bag a piano, and other piano-cleaning fun...

[Tom Gorley]

About 4 months after watching an episode of the TV show "Shark Tank" I sprung for a product called "PureAyre."  It's not a "cover-up," it works by applying it to the odor source.   It did a great job on moth killer odor for me.  I haven't tried it on other things yet, nor will I try to explain it, because the info in the web site says it better than I could.  Go to www.pureayre.com

---Tom Gorley

On May 16, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:

> I got Publix's version of "Scrubbing Bubbles" because it had less scent.Will let you know if it works well.
> 
> From: Douglas Gregg <classicpianodoc at gmail.com>; 
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
> Subject: [pianotech] Glass cleaner to remove cigarette tar, how to bag a piano, and other piano-cleaning fun... 
> Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 11:24:52 PM 
> 
> The scrubbing bubbles does have a scent but it does not hang around
> long. No problem there.
> 
> Doug Gregg
> Classic Piano Doc
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org, pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Glass cleaner to remove cigarette tar, how to
>       bag a piano, and other piano-cleaning fun...
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> 
> Thanks. I truly appreciate the suggestion, and indeed did go to the
> store to check out "Scrubbing Bubbles" on my way to "slay this
> dragon". But all the varieties at the Publix here had some sort of
> scent, so I held off and just got more glass cleaner. ( Publix brand
> has a milder, less headache-inducing odor than, say, Windex, that also
> goes away faster.) I had a very bad experience with Febreze years ago
> ( left a weird smell in a piano that made me quite ill) so I'm
> wary.  But I do intend to get some "Scrubbing Bubbles" tonight, which
> I'll try on a junk piano part to see if the perfume goes away
> enough for me.
>     Related news: I went to the office of the nice, climate-controlled
> storage facility where this Chickering Ampico now "lives", and noticed
> several sizes of mattress bags for sale. I bought the king-sized ( for
> $4) and found that it fit very nicely over this on-its-side, 5'8"
> grand, "quarantining" it until I can get it all cleaned. (Yay!!!) And
> just now realized that such a bag (a fresh one) will also be PERFECT
> for pumping ozone into (from my $800-- small version-- ozone
> generator) once all accessible, overt contamination has been removed.
> I know the ozone will damage all the rubber stuff, but all the bellows
> cloth and tubing need replacement, anyhow.
> 
> Peace,
> Thumpe

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