Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.

[gordon stelter]

I used the naptha because it was what I had, it
evaporates quickly, and because it was the same stuff
that  I used to reconstitute the knuckles. That way I
did not have to worry about it "conflicting"
chemically  with any residual naptha in the knuckles.
( Not that alcohol would, necessarily.  I just don't
know )
     Thump
 ( 
--- Blaine Hebert <bhebert@smcmusic.com> wrote:

> Greetings and Salutations,
> 
> Has anyone tried using alcohol (pure or denatured
> ethanol, not 70%
> isopropyl) as a carrier for powdered Teflon?
> 
> Blaine Hébert
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gordon stelter [mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:24 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.
> 
> Greeting, Earthlings,
>      After my last knuckle re-constituting job (
> 1925
> Chickering Ampico with flattened but not worn
> knuckles
> ), using a little brass brush and plenty of naptha,
> I
> looked with dread to yet another messy attempt at
> getting Teflon powder into the buckskin without
> having
> it end up eveywjere else 
> ( like my lungs ) so I mixed a thin solution of the
> powder I bought from Pianotek with some more naptha,
> and brushed it on. VOILA! I thrilled to see the
> buckskin sucking it inward by capillary action, and
> when the naptha had evaporated all the knuckles were
> evenly and smoothy permeated with the stuff. Worked
> great, too!
>     WARNING: Make sure the solution is pretty thin.
> Too much powder and the knuckles will look like
> glazed
> doughnnuts when dry. DAMHIK!
>      Thump
> 
> 
> --- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Everyone,
> >      The events of this last week have made me
> > realize
> > I am in a "buyer's market" here in semi-rural
> > Georgia,
> > and often find pianos which I do not have time to
> > rebuild, and which may be desirable to others.
> >      Please send me privately your list of desired
> > instruments, and approximately what you would be
> > willing to pay for them. I will then create a 
> > "Piano Buyers" folder, and contact you if anything
> > shows up.
> >      Sincerely,
> >      Gordon Stelter
> > 
> > P.S. I have already brokered several Steinway,
> > Mason,
> > Conover, Knabe, Bechstein etc. pianos to
> rebuilders
> > in
> > Atlanta, but am interested in seeing what the
> > national
> > market will offer. I also have access to plenty of
> > players, including reproducing grands.
> > 
> > 
> > --- ANRPiano@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I used to do swing test but I found the results
> to
> > > be very  inconsistent.  
> > > When you factor in the different weights of
> > hammers
> > > from top  to bottom, what 
> > > does the number of swings with some arbitrarily
> > > picked hammer  tell you?
> > >  
> > > Use a gram gauge and get an absolute number on
> > your
> > > friction.  If you  tell 
> > > me you get X swings I would need to know the
> > weight
> > > of the hammer and how  far 
> > > out on the shank it was located and as you have
> > > found out the angle it is  
> > > relative to the flange.  Too many variables for
> a
> > > number which doesn't  really 
> > > tell you anything to begin with.
> > >  
> > > Just my 1 cent worth.
> > >  
> > >  
> > > Andrew  Remillard 
> > > 2417 Maple Ave
> > > Downers Grove, IL  60515
> > > ANRPiano.com
> > > 630-852-5058
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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