Stain Stripping

[timothy ehlen]

May I suggest rubbing with a small amount of rubbing 
alcohol on a scotchbrite pad.  This is what Arthur Grudko 
suggested to me--I am currently stripping a finish, and 
this is working well to remove wax build-up and residue 
and even the tone of the stain.  Have you tried asking 
Arthur? (pianolac@bestweb.net)--I'm sure he would be 
happy to give advice.

-Tim 

Timothy Ehlen
Assist. Prof. of Piano
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Smith Hall 205
(217) 244-3336





---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:39:36 -0400
>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>  
>Subject: Stain Stripping  
>To: "Mailing list for piano refinishers." 
<refinish@ptg.org>, <pianotech@ptg.org>
>
>   I stripped the finish off the inside of the case
>   (rim) of a piano I am working on. I used a
>   methylene-chloride-free product called Dyna-Strip 2,
>   sold by Pianolac. One application of stripper left
>   on overnight removed the finish completely - it
>   literally fell off - no scraping required at all.
>   I'm very happy with that aspect of the results.
>    
>   In some areas, hunks of the stripper slid down the
>   face of the rim - it still removed the finish - but
>   in those areas, less stain was removed. So now I
>   have shadows of light and dark where there was an
>   apparent difference in stain removal.
>    
>   What is the best way to address these stain 
shadows?
>    
>   Terry Farrell
>    
>