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size=2>Nah, designer vinegars come in all sorts of flavors! Just
think of the possibilities for custom-scented pianos....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=968445414-05042007> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=3>If a wool sweater shrinks when washed,
soaking it in vinegar will relax the fibers and allow it to be reshaped.
Will that work on hammers? I don't have anything handy that would
be a fair test. Is vinegar too acidic for strings? It could be
neutralized, but that would mean another hammer treatment.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=3>Annie
Grieshop</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=blue size=3>Iowa (Hi,
Richard!)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=3>-----Original
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[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard
Adkins<B><BR>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:34 AM<B><BR>To:</B>
Caut<B><BR>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Experiment Success<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
size=3>Someone asked if there might be a way to make your own fabric
softener/hammer softener....you'd want to know the ingredients....I guess
you'll need to be a chemist or know one to get the proportions....</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>You can find out ingredients
by looking here:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><A
href="http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener"><FONT
color=blue
size=3><U>http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Home+inside&purpose=Laundry&type=fabric+softener</U></FONT></A>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>click on the brand type....you
can click on the ingredient name once the brand page is</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3>up...some have fancy names for what they put in there....I like the one
they call "hydrogenated tallow"...now that sounds like something we'd like
toput in a nice set of german piano hammers, doesn't it?</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>Downy does not list their ingredients,
so I'm not sure if what you can find will actually work like Downy</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3>does....here's some more....also found in some hair
rinses....leave the hair soft and silky.....maybe you</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3>could give the piano a real silky tone with it?</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3><B>(C14-C18) Dialkyldimethylammonium
methyl sulfate</B></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3><B>Di (C14-1S-alkyl) dimethyl methyl sulfate</B></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3><B>Didn't we used to have a Chemist/Caut
member, or was that over on the other PTG list?</B></FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>"Science.enotes.com" has an
article you might read:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><A
href="http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener"><FONT
color=blue
size=3><U>http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/fabric-softener</U></FONT></A>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>cheers...</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>Richard Adkins</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3>Coe College</FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>