<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've used the wet cloth and iron on pre-soaked bushings for almost 30 years and only once had a problem with glue joints, and they were probably ready to let go anyway. I use a hypo oiler to apply a dilute wallpaper remover solution, going over the whole set 2 or 3 times before applying the wet cloth, which is cotton folded so that it is about 4 layers thick. The cloth is saturated, but not quite dripping. My strip is about 1' long and I move the iron slowly along the strip so each key is probably receiving about 8-12 seconds of steam. I just use a hot iron, as a steam iron won't get any more steam through the cloth and into the bushing. after I've steamed most of th water out of the strip I peel it back a few keys at a time and pluck out the exposed bushings with tweezers. If they don't fall out I go over the section again until they do. After I've done a strip's worth of keys, they're still wet and warm when I insert the mortise sizing cauls. I use essentially this same method to remove backrail cloth, key end felts (after chopping most of the material away with  a razor blade), action felts. etc. <br> <br> - Mark Dierauf<br> <br> David Ilvedson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C012E5AB507131612271E001002@David%3E" type="cite"> <title>Re: [CAUT] steamer</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <p>Yeah...I have used a thin strip instead.   I like Barbara's idea of the can and being able to set the key on it loosen the bushing as you remove the one you just loosened.   It seems like it would shoot the steam in the exact location.   Sounds like a simple set up and has got to be faster than my current method of soak several times with the solution and then use a bushing iron to steam each one loose.  The bushings stick to the iron etc....slow...</p> <p><br> David Ilvedson, RPT<br> Pacifica, CA 94044<br> <br> </p> <div style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px;"> <hr>Original message<br> From: "Keith Roberts" <keithspiano@gmail.com></keithspiano@gmail.com><br> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org></caut@ptg.org><br> Received: 7/19/2007 7:34:44 PM<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] steamer<br> <br> <div align="left">This method steam heats the entire key button and sometimes they come loose too.</div> <div>Keith Roberts<br> <br>  </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Douglas Wood</b> <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dew2@u.washington.edu">dew2@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="">Try a blue towel folded twice and wetted. I use wallpaper remover, but it may not be necessary. Set an iron on its lowest steam setting and set it on the towel on the keys. Peel back the towel as you remove bushings. Keep moving so it doesn't dry out the towel. <div><br>  </div> <div>Doug Wood</div> <div><span class="e" id="q_113dfd1ae9506942_1"> <div><br>  </div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Jul 19, 2007, at 7:27 AM, Ken Zahringer wrote:</div> <br> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Garamond"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hey, Alan,<br> <br> Some years ago a lady demonstrated a steam cleaner at convention, using it to remove key bushings and resize balance holes.  They're pretty expensive, but work quite well.  Here's a link: <a moz-do-not-send="true" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.etpetersen.com/vacs/vapor_main.htm" target="_blank">http://www.etpetersen.com/vacs/vapor_main.htm</a>  The one she had was the Sgt Steam.<br> <br> Regards, <br> Ken Z.<br> <br> <br> On 7/19/07 7:23 AM, "<a moz-do-not-send="true" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com" target="_blank">reggaepass@aol.com</a>" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com" target="_blank"> reggaepass@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Garamond"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hi List,<br> <br> I would like to use steam on an upcoming key bushing job, but have not been able to find any of the handy devices my colleagues have online. Any suggestions for an off-the-shelf, hold-it-in-your-hand gizmo capable of producing a fine, steady stream of steam? <br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> Alan Eder<br> <hr align="center" size="3" width="100%">AOL now offers free email to everyone.  Find out more about what's free from AOL at <b>AOL.com</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437" target="_blank"><http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437></a> .<br> <br> </span></font> </blockquote> <font face="Garamond"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br> -- <br> Ken Zahringer, RPT<br> University of Missouri<br> School of Music <br> </span></font> </blockquote> </div> <br>   </div> </span> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>