> Yesterday I had an unfortunate experience cleaning keytops. >Yamaha C-2 about 20 years old. The sharps (wooden) had a good bit of >buildup of the gray goo, so I was fairly liberal with the Cory >KeyBrite. Got done, looked back to admire my work, and found it had >raised a very thin clear finish on the sharps - blistered so as to >look somewhat white. > Has anyone been down this road and found a good fix? I'm >thinking I have to remove this light, glossy, clear finish, and >don't want to disturb what's underneath. I'm assuming that this is >probably not real ebony, and that even if it is, it has a black >spray coating of some sort. I thought of just buffing with 0000 >wool, and emulated that with a square of ScotchBrite I had handy. >Doesn't seem like a good way to go. So I am thinking I'll either >experiment with solvents (possibly spray a solvent in hopes of >re-amalgamating - foolish hope) or sand carefully. But perhaps >someone has come up with a better plan. >Regards, >Fred Sturm >University of New Mexico >fssturm at unm.edu You might try 0000 steel wool and naptha. Tom -- Tom Seay, RPT 6701 North Park Drive Austin, TX 78757 512-454-1452 - home 512-659-6454 - cell mailto:t.seay at mail.utexas.edu
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