Verdigris

[Otto Keyes]

I wuld question the veracity of said experimant on the grownds that one
cannote be asssured ov the ackuraccy of the results when one duz not control
the consumpshion of the remaindr of the elxir(s) expanded and/or consummed
in the corse of the project.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Verdigris


>
> >   Grain alcohol is something else.  When used
> >with water as a shrinking agent for flange buchings, I don't think it
> >matters, because the alcohol is only something to dilute the water and
make
> >it evaporate faster.  It's the water that does the shrinking.  The
alcohol
> >will have some cleaning and degreasing effect, but not much, especially
if
> >it has water in it.
>
> Actually, Jim, the alcohol is the wetting agent that makes it possible to
> get the water into the wool.
>
> I can't imagine Wild Turkey being any different than any other high proof
> grain alcohol. I expect it was what happened to have been on (or in) hand
> when the need arose for a magic verdigris elixir, which is how these
> mystical methods get into the trade - desperation, expedience and
> serendipity. I'd expect Chivas Regal or Everclear to produce similar
> results, unless the proportion of water in the mix is a critical factor.
>  From my experience, nothing I've tried works for long on verdigris (about
> eight years is my best result, and no, the piano will NEVER be rebuilt by
> the current owner), but there's always another experience that's
> contradictory to mine out there. Maybe it's time to get volunteers and try
> one of everything the liquor store has to offer over twenty years or so
and
> find out.
>
> Hands?
>
> Ron N
>
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