Pin block dope mess

[Nichols]

Alcohol should do the trick, Jeff.

Good luck,
Guy

At 07:56 AM 3/31/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>All,
>         I have the mis-fortune of having to replace the pin block in a 
> piano that
>had been "treated" by a previous tech.  The piano has plate bushings, so the
>"dope" mostly just made a mess of the coils and tuning pins, and very
>little, if any, actually got through to the pin block.  Months after it had
>been applied it was still just a gooey mess.  My problem is this:  What can
>I use to clean this off the plate for refinishing?  I have a very smelly
>spray product called "Goof Off" that I used with limited success to get the
>stuff off my tools, so am wondering what else I could use that wouldn't also
>take the old finish down to bare metal?  Or is that what I will have to do,
>and then prime it again before spraying?  Any ideas?  Thanks.
>
>Jeff Stickney, RPT
>University of Montana
>jpstickney@montanadsl.net
>
>
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