[CAUT] wax on Steinway D

[Paul T Williams]

Hi Chris et.al.

Thanks for the reply.  Since the piano is sooooo icky.  I would have to 
rub out the whole thing....which, although a huge task, would look nice 
again. 

What about the giant alligator lines, though?   They're huge!! Is it just 
a total refinishing thing? Can't be just "rubbed out"..... No budget for a 
$1,000-1,500 per foot refinishing fee....(I've even heard of much more 
than that, but this is daily used classroom piano with weekend 
recitals,...so....not interested in going there!  Just getting the 
monitors to re-cover the piano at the end of the day desolves that 
dream...
Paul





"Chris Solliday" <csolliday at rcn.com> 
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after you get the wax off there may still be a stain that might (I'm 
hedging) be removed with naptha and 0000 steel wool in the direction of 
the grain of course.
Chris Solliday rpt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul T Williams 
To: caut at ptg.org 
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: [CAUT] wax on Steinway D


Hi Everyone, 

Last Saturday, some students thought it a good idea to set something made 
of wax (can't prove it was candles) on the lid of one of our Steinway 
D's.(1970' or early 80's era with satin-lacquer finish)  I'm now to try to 
remove it leaving a decent finish on it.  It also has millions of 
fingerprints.  Would something like Simple Green diluted and a lot of 
elbow grease be my best cleaning and polishing method in this case? 

Another question just for information sakes;  The finish on the lid, 
instead of the small alligator crackling, has very large and long sort of 
pattern similar to alligatoring on it.  Causes for this???? 

Thanks 

Paul
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