[CAUT] Fabric softener on hard hammers

[Keith Roberts]

Supposedly the fabricsoftner keeps working. Use just enough to do the job
was the warning. The mixture I saw that I liked was 16 to 1, Base to soft.
The base was 70% alcohol and 30 % water which is Isopropyl. Seemed to do
just enough and after it dries, you can't feel the chemical on the surface
of the hammer. I didn't soak the surface of the tip and tried to leave a
little hard spot under it so I had something to work with the needles. The
piano sounded much better and I never even did any needling.

KR

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:30 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

> Those of you who use fabric softener on hard hammers what do use, what do
> you mix it with and in what proportion.  I've got a customer with an old
> upright that someone put some real rocks on and there's no way to needle
> them down.  Tried the alcohol and water route with limited success, going
> to
> plan B before I set the explosives.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
>
>
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