Brake part cleaner dissolves it. Of course, if the action's together you can only blast so much out ( and the rest gets diluted, and soaks further into the bushing cloth, and then you relube the acti9on because you've also cleaned out the orignal lanolin, added lubes, etc.. ) Thumpe ) but if you had the wippens out you gould --- Barbara Richmond <piano57 at insightbb.com> wrote: > RE: A remedy for VerdigrisI think he means that the > center pin would pull the epoxy through the > hole--then the hole is left to dry before continuing > with bushing and pinning. Something like the > Damaged Bird's Eye Repair contributed by Ed Sutton > listed in the Tips, Tools and Techniques column in > this month's Journal (page 9), but using thin epoxy > to coat the hole (and not trying to build up the > bird's eye). > > I could be mistaken, though. :-) > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, IL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Barnard > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:47 PM > Subject: RE: A remedy for Verdigris > > > Interesting. Won't the pin become a rather > permanent feature of the whippen? Or, by coated, do > you mean with Vasolene or something else the epoxy > won't grab onto? > > Maybe epoxy isn't the only answer: Aren't there a > variety of wood sealers and waterproofing agents > that might penetrate and seal the pores and veins in > that wood? > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Original message > From: erwinspiano at aol.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 3/14/2008 7:45:02 PM > Subject: A remedy for Verdigris > > > Hey all > I know ...I know there is no remedy for verdigris > .... except a new parts transplant... but the other > day my 83 year old Dad & I were looking a perfectly > useable set of vintage Steinway wippens except for > the mild case of creeping green crud so, We were > lamenting having to toss a beautiful set of original > Steinway wippens in the trash. We started > brainstorming how we could solve this given the > contamination is in the wood. Now I know many of us > have re-pinned & re- bushed ...put on new flanges > etc. & in the end all for nothing as it returns, But > with a good set of wippens approaching 1000 bucks > the idea has my attention. > I told my Dad I was thinking about how to cut > out the birds eye & then machine a new insert with > birds eye & all. My thought was that if the new > insert was put in with epoxy that this would act as > a verdigris barrier from entering back into the new > wood. Then My Pops says "why not just coat the > existing birds eye with epoxy & slide a coated pin > thru the hole to seal up the exposed inner wood > which should prove de a barrier to any further > contamination". Then pin on new flanges. I thought > the idea had merit. > I mean for a few short hours of pinning & > coating an original set of beautifully made & > machined maple wippens could be preserved & re-used > at any level of performance required. > How bout some discussion. > Dale > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Supercharge your AIM. Get the AIM toolbar for your > browser. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
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