<div>Fred,</div> <div>I have a scotchbrite wheel that fits on my polisher.  It will generally take the finish off quickly and leaves a nice smooth finish behind.  I make sets of ebony sharps and  don't put a finish on them other than this burnishing with the wheel. </div> <div>Karen<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 13, 2007 6:53 AM, Fred Sturm <<a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">       Yesterday I had an unfortunate experience cleaning keytops. Yamaha<br>C-2 about 20 years old. The sharps (wooden) had a good bit of buildup <br>of the gray goo, so I was fairly liberal with the Cory KeyBrite. Got<br>done, looked back to admire my work, and found it had raised a very<br>thin clear finish on the sharps - blistered so as to look somewhat<br>white. <br>       Has anyone been down this road and found a good fix? I'm thinking I<br>have to remove this light, glossy, clear finish, and don't want to<br>disturb what's underneath. I'm assuming that this is probably not real <br>ebony, and that even if it is, it has a black spray coating of some<br>sort. I thought of just buffing with 0000 wool, and emulated that with<br>a square of ScotchBrite I had handy. Doesn't seem like a good way to <br>go. So I am thinking I'll either experiment with solvents (possibly<br>spray a solvent in hopes of re-amalgamating - foolish hope) or sand<br>carefully. But perhaps someone has come up with a better plan.<br>Regards, <br><font color="#888888">Fred Sturm<br>University of New Mexico<br><a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a><br><br><br><br></font></blockquote></div><br>