Greg, I know what you mean and when you get it off the under side where the tape is nice and shinny. in this case I would use Brasso as it has an oil to loosen the gum and a grit to polish. Joe ---------- > From: Dick Beaton <rbeaton@initco.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: tape on keys > Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:13 AM > > Hi again... > Y'all missed my point on tape removal......If the tape has only been on the > keys for a relatively short time..any solvent witll take it right off, but > if that tape has been on there for years, it becomes part of the plastic and > has to be ground off...I know from experience! > Dick MT > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 10:33 PM > Subject: Re: tape on keys > > > >On Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:01:44 -0500, Leslie W Bartlett wrote: > > > >>List: > >> How does one remove masking tape residue from plastic keys? Yes, > >>Jim B. the tape has been pulled off..................... It's the > >>sticky stuff remaining that I don't know how to remove. Windex doesn't > >>work, but that's all I tried, preferring not to ruin perfectly nice > >>keytops. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >>Leslie Bartlett > >>lesbart@juno.com > >>Outside of a dog, a good book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too > >>dark to read" > >> > >>_____________________________________________________________________ > >>You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > >>Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > >>Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >> > > > > > >Lighter fluid! > > > >Greg Newell > >Greg and Mary Ellen Newell > >Greg's Piano Forte` > >Lakewood, Ohio 44107 > >gnewell@en.com > > > > > > >
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