The problem with modern day fires is they tend to be plastic orientated and the smoke damage from these fires can be a devil to shift. I use sugar soap for cleaning frames and soundboards as for the action I use 150 pounds per square inch compresser sending it through a needle hole which if you hold the hammers and pass the compressed air across it blows out any muck. Care must be taken when blasting dampers you must pinch the treble dampers so that the compressed air does not blast the felt away. Health and safety. You must wear ear and eye protection when performing this action, also a resperater and some form of rubbver gloves as when you are blasting small particles at a hundered fifty pounds pressure bvehind them they would quite easily pass throgh your skin and contaminate your blood. Sand blasting. Not reccommended. The reasons: The sand tends to get between the flanges and seizes up everything also, sand blasting tends to be a bit vicious and uncontrolable of course if you are completely re-felting and re-pinning then it is a quick altervative. Woodwork. Can be bleached with oxalic acid as hot as you can stand it. Health and safety. As above with a warning the acid although cxan be touched with bare skin is extremely poisonous. Same symptoms as gastoric enteritis. Hope this is of some help. Kind regards, Barrie. In article <2700931038.6591611@commonlink.com>, "Lorlin D. Barber" <ldb@commonlink.com> writes >I have a customer with a studio that has been through fire damage. No heat or >water, but a lot of soot. > >Is there any PTG Jrnl articles from the past that cover this subject or offer >some insights into the most efficient way of cleaning out the action and >soundboard & interior case where soot resides? > >Gratefull for any input. > >Thanks Much! > >Lorlin B., RPT :-) > -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour The UK PIano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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