Verdigris and Goof-Off

[paul bruesch]

I want some of that... they say that two heads are better than one, and I've
been in many situations where at least a third hand would have been very,
um, handy.

On 10/20/07, Michael Spreeman <m_spreeman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> We used to use "Renuzit" with fairly long lasting results.  It was
> apparently a dry-cleaning fluid, possibly *1,1,1-trichloroethane*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2C1%2C1-Trichloroethane>.
> Manufacture of the product appears to have been discontinued in the early
> 1970s. Occasionally a second dose at a 6 month return tuning visit would be
> necessary. It was taken off the market because of the nasty chemicals that
> will cause one to grow two heads and four arms, but I think one of the
> ingredients has similar properties to Xylene. No doubt the chem-heads will
> chirp in and provide the gory details.
>
>
> *                Michael Spreeman
> *http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
> > From: davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > Subject: Verdigris and Goof-Off
> > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:20:13 -0700
> >
> > While removing some action parts with light verdigris today I had this
> > brainstorm to put a couple drops of Goof-Off on them to see what
> happened.
> > I was surprised to find that the loosened up almost immediately. Reading
> > the ingredients I found that Goof-Off contains Xylene so I tried that
> which
> > worked almost as well. These parts were not that heavy with verdigris
> and
> > I'm wondering if anyone has any parts with heavy verdigris available
> that
> > they could try this experiment on--or has anybody tried this particular
> > solvent and with what success over the long term.
> >
> > David Love
> > davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> > www.davidlovepianos.com
> >
> >
>
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