[CAUT] Bum set of NY hammers, I'm afraid

[Dale Erwin]

Ok that makes a good deal more sense.  I'll read to find out the length or duration of soaking etc.
 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, Feb 12, 2011 8:55 pm
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bum set of NY hammers, I'm afraid



On Feb 12, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:


I'll have to read that and see how come you are more successful with this than I have been.... which is mostly not at all.



    Probably because it involves soaking, not just flushing with solvent running down the hammer tail. The key is to leave the hammer felt in a bath of solvent for a period of time, to give the solids time to dissolve. I also use a mix of acetone and "lacquer thinner" (whatever mix of things that might be) to cut the things most likely to have been applied. A couple soaks, and the hammer is pretty close to flushed, at least in my experience.

 
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
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