Alan - I agree with others who recommended naphtha, although it IS a bit volatile, and pretty darn smelly. Cheap though, and effective. An alternative is to use a product called "Goo Be Gone" (or some very similar moniker), which is especially effective for this problem, and is available pretty much in every grocery and hardware store. Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:51:23 EDT ReggaePass@aol.com writes: > 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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