<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Uh, Terry,,,,,,,,,,,, Hence the = response from our beloved Ron N,,,,,,,,,  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you haven't tried actually doing it = yet, which I bet you haven't, water won't mix with Naphtha. Why? Because Naphtha is a = petroleum product, and is not water soluble.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    In fact, My Father, = the firefighter, told me more than one story about how burning Naphtha has a = tendency to float on water.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Not a pretty = picture. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 15, 2002 = 5:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: sluggish butt questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ron,<BR><BR>I actually meant naphtha and water, sans = the silicone, for shrinking the <BR>bushings. I had been using isopropyl, = which has water in it already, but I <BR>find the naphtha dries faster and = shrinks the felt better. since then I've <BR>just been using the "baldwin = method' of naphtha/silicone, 8.1.; works great!<BR><BR><BR><BR>Terry Peterson<BR><BR><BR>>Terry,<BR>     It would = impress me more than I can possibly say if you could mix a <BR>small,<BR>     or any amount of water into a silicone-naphtha mixture. You'd probably = <BR>have<BR>     better luck just using pterodactyl fat in the first place.<BR><BR>     Ron = N><BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________= _________<BR>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <A = href="http://messenger.msn.com">http://messenger.msn.com</A></BLOCKQUOT= E></BODY></HTML>