Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.

[John Ross]

I think naptha, was what Baldwin recommended as a mix for the silicone, that
you used to be able to get from them.
It had some letters before it, and I can't remember them, VSMP or something.

Regards
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:46 PM
Subject: RE: Teflon and naptha solution for knuckles.


> 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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