Solvents,Lubricants.

[jolly roger]

Hi Dan, 
           Get yourself a 10cc syringe, and a spinal tap needle, ( Big
sucker about 4 1/2" long) You have to go to a medical supply company to get
them. It reaches the butt flanges nicely on verticals, with out action
removal.  You will soon learn to control it one drip at a time.   Gets the
stuff where you want it, with minimal over spill.  I have had a few too
many recalls with Protec, and none with the silicon/naphtha.  A 4 oz can of
silicon will last most techs for several years.
Aerosol cans of silicone, has no place in piano work in my book, ranks
right in there with WD40. I'm with Newton on this one.
Roger


At 10:43 PM 9/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>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 
>>> 
>> 
>