This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: William R. Monroe=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:16 PM Subject: Buffing Keytops List, When you all do a keytop job, what (if any) buffing compound do you = use to finish up the keys? Thanky, William R. Monroe Assoc. Madison, WI I've used Turtle Wax white polishing compound. One can will last = an entire career. Doesn't require much. Just dab a little on a moist = cloth, polish the keys in a circular or back-and-forth motion, wipe off = the excess, then buff with a clean, dry, soft cloth. This is ivories = now, although I think polishing compound is probably a fine enough grit = to do plastic also.=20 I've also used "white rouge" applied to a buffing wheel. It has a = consistency somewhere between chalk and clay and comes in sticks about = 1" x 1" x 5". "Tripoli" and "red rouge" are used by jewelers to polish = silver, gold, marble, etc. "Red rouge" is redundant since 'rouge' means = red. And the term "white rouge" is silly since it's white, not rouge. = Tripoli is similar stuff (first used in Tripoli, Libya, according to the = encyclopedia), but it's brownish and will just dirty up the keytops, so = use the white stuff (white rouge). If doing plastics, or plastic key = fronts, use a very light touch on the wheel and keep the rpm's low or it = will heat up and melt, marring the keytop. (Yes, I found out the hard = way). =20 --David Nereson, RPT =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/90/87/0a/36/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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