cleaning keys

[gordon stelter]

David,
     I don't like them either. But they ARE water
based, "biodegradeable" ( according to the bottle )
and smell much less ( and are less toxic) than
gasoline. Just very, very concentrated alkaline soaps,
really.
     If you wear a gas mask and gloves, you can keep
your exposure to almost nothing.
     I would much rather this, then subject a customer
to owning a  piao that stank of the
cooking/pet/tobacco/body odors of the last 10 houses
the thing sat in.
     Thump


     
--- David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Yeah, like I'm going to subject my body to those
> chemicals...no thanks.   
> 
> David Ilvedson
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original message
> ----------------------------------------
> From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Received: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:32:22 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: cleaning keys
> 
> 
> >"Dunking" is a better term than "Soaking". I use
> >"Purple Power", available at my automotive paint
> store
> >as a pre-painting degreaser, for $3/gallon. But
> >"Super-Clean" is the original version of these many
> >generic ultra-powerful soaps, bought out by castrol
> >and now available at Pep Boys and Wal 
> >( BLECH! )  Mart, etc.. 
> >    Wear mask, gloves, goggles anbd protective
> >clothing. This stuff will disolve you if allowed to
> >sit. Some guy here let it drip into his sneakers
> and
> >ended up at the hospital. 
> >    Dunk action parts, swish around a  bit, rinse
> with
> >hose blast( taking off old action felts
> simultaneously
> >) lay on screen and dry, flipping occassionally. I
> >have never seen any sign of warpage from doing
> this.
> >     Re-felt, Lube with Protec, test centers and
> put
> >back in piano. Just watch out for the one or two
> >pieces in an action that may have been milled from
> a
> >laid-up board, and come apart in the rinse. 
> >( Not serious.) 
> >     Actions come out very clean, light-colored and
> >almost odor free. Follow up with ozone tent if
> still
> >at all stinky ( mousey actions ).
> >     Thump
> 
> 
> >--- Alpha88x@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >> In a message dated 2/20/05 2:18:17 PM Pacific
> >> Standard Time, 
> >> lclgcnp@yahoo.com writes:
> >> 
> >> > Thump (Gordon Stelter) has another cleaning
> method
> >> > >that is intriguing. It involves soaking things
> in
> >> > >some concoction. I haven’t been able to
> >> overcome my
> >> > >built in resistance to soaking wood parts in
> >> fluid
> >> > >to try it. But the results are beautiful. It
> >> should
> >> > >be in the archives within the last few months.
> 
> >> > >
> >> > >I use this ( "Superclean" ) to briefly soak
> black
> >> > and stinky action parts. Then I rinse them and
> dry
> >> > them on a screen.  It DOES work ewell ( Thank
> you,
> >> > Dean! ) . try it on some junk and see for
> >> yourself.
> >> >    But I am pretty shy about using it on keys,
> >> > because they are more likely to warp, in my
> >> > experience. If I did, I'd tack down the buttons
> >> with
> >> > brads, first, lest they shift around or come
> >> loose. 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> What is the stuff you soak parts in and where can
> >> one get some??
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Julia
> >> Reading, PA
> >> 
> 
> 
> 
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