Roger,
Kent Webb got me hooked also. ( Past #1 service tech for Baldwin, now
with S&S.) My guess is that an arasole spray can of silicone could do some
damage that Newton has refered to. I squirt it on with the 'really thin
needle' bottles. I usually use the 1875 watt hair dryer first. Protec did
not prove effective enough for me to switch. I hope a chemist can answer
migration concerns that our esteamed college, and my pal Newton has voiced.
I also like the price of the Baldwin soup, compared to Protec.
Dan
on 9/8/01 9:50 PM, jolly roger at baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Dan
> I have used it for years with out a problem, and it seems a lot
> better than protec. FWIW.
> Roger
>
>
>
> At 12:30 AM 9/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> Earl,
>>
>> I have a question for you about using naptha and Baldwins silicone oil,
>> (their recepie) to "treat" sluggish flanges. My friend Newton, strongly
>> disapproves of using this mixture, because of the chance that the silicone
>> will make its way into the pinblock, etc.
>> Baldwin sells about 1/2 a pint of silicone oil, with instructions to
>> mix it with one gallon VM&P naptha. I have been squirting it on flanges for
>> many moons. Newton thinks I should be shot. Aside from silicones reputation
>> for causing refinishing (fish-eye) problems, do you have any knowledge of
>> its properties, for example, to migrate from the hammer shank flanges, to
>> the pinblock, in a vertical piano?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Dan
>>
>
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