naphtha + mineral oil / silicon + naphtha

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 09, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: naphtha + mineral oil / silicon + naphtha


> Some years back, a convention class by two representatives from Kohler
> covered the delicate and demanding application of the silicone/naphtha mix
> to flange centers. Loading a pump oiler with the mix and standing a
> vertical action on end, vertically, as it were, they delicately and
> precisely hosed down anything in the remote vicinity of a flange center,
> proudly pointing out that the hammer and jack flanges were both
efficiently
> treated in a single pass. If a dip tank could have been made that was
> easily transported and stored in the car for field service, I suspect that
> would have been their method of choice.
>
> The action didn't seem to mind the broad area lubrication, and they had
> boxes of buckskin scrap and fallboard knobs for the rest of the class to
> dip into. I still have some left.
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Was this the same outstanding Kohler Team that demonstrated bridge capping
us Elmer's White Glue as the adhesive of choice?

Del