Dear list, Yesterday I spent three hours and was able to clean the Dampp-Chaser humidifier tanks and smart heater bars and replace the moisture pads in 11 pianos (8 verticals and 3 grands) at a college I service. There was a lot of mineral and salt build up on the heater bar and humidifier tank from hard water deposits. In the past it took a lot of scrubbing to remove these hard deposits. For Christmas I received a steam cleaner made by Euro-Pro, called the Ultra Steam Shark II. It is available at Sears for $99.99. This is a great tool/toy! Using the cleaning brush and lots of steam, the mineral deposits were much easier to remove with very little scrubbing involved. I took the humidifiers off and took them to the custodial supply room and used the water basin there. Then it was just a matter of reinstalling the humidifiers and installing new moisture pads and filling with water. Thought you might like to know about this new toy. Go to www.sears.com, and search for Ultra Shark, and you will find more information about the Ultra Steam Shark II. Sincerely, David Vanderhoofven Registered Piano Technician
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