In a message dated 19/09/01 11:52:15 PM, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes: << Why wouldn't rebushing work? The verdigris, in my experience doesn't permeate the wood surrounding it. The question there is whether or not it is a practical solution. My answer has generally been no. >> The 'common knowledge' answer is that it 'might'......... the flip side of the answer is that if the origin of what caused the verdigris to begin with is in the flange and not in the bushing cloth, per-se, that the vedigris will just come right back............Think inappropiate lubricants/waxed flanges, etc. The reason that verdigris does not permeate the wood around it is that the chemical/electrical catalyst(?) of verdigris occurs only at the brass/felt interface.....however in some really bad examples of verdigris I have found traces of vedigris within the wood portion of the flange itself................. Jim Bryant (FL)
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