Ancient adhesive on plastic key tops

[David M. Porritt]

Naphtha will work on the sticky and not hurt the plastic.  Good old
charcoal starting fluid will work.  It's cheap, and easily
obtainable.

dave

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On 10/22/2002 at 1:51 PM ReggaePass@aol.com wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>Well, actually, the adhesive is not ancient, it's just been on there
for a 
>LONG time.  Someone had the great idea of I.D.ing the naturals in
the 
>centermost octave of this 25 year old Cable Nelson console with
pieces of 
>masking tape.  That was a decade or two ago, much of that with the
piano 
>stored in a garage (where it gets really hot in the summer).  Now,
if you 
>manage to get the tape off, residual adhesive stubbornly remains.  
>
>So...how can the tape and adhesive be removed without harming the
keytop?  
>Would a light application of acetone promptly cleaned up do it, or
will
>the 
>plastic react right away?  If solvents are not an option, what would
be
>the 
>best way to nondestructively scrape away the unwanted stuff?
>
>Thanks and praises,
>
>Alan Eder, R.P.T.
>_______________________________________________
>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives


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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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