cleaning action stack

[David Love]

I'd be curious about others' ways of cleaning action stacks. I've used
several methods and never been that satisfied with any of them (mostly
because of the amount of work involved).  I'd love to find a spray on wipe
off solution.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William R. Monroe
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:36 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: cleaning action stack

Hi List,

I posted last week about a dirty stack from an "M" that I just took in that 
I wanted to clean.  Just thought I'd post my results.

Photos should show a couple before photos (with requisite verdigris), and a 
couple after photos.

What I did:

Applied degreaser, scrubbed with nylon brush to remove gunk.
Spray stack with water to remove degreaser/gunk.
Let dry.
Clean stack with Flitz and Scotchbrite.

Tremendous improvement.

Next time, I'd do it the same way, but I'd be quicker on the degreaser step.

I found I spent way too much time scrubbing the degreaser trying to remove 
as much tarnish as possible.  All I really wanted to accomplish with that 
step was removing the build-up of black gunk.  Live and learn.

William R. Monroe