<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hey, Joe.  Sherwin Williams has reducer by the gallon, or Xylol by the quart.  The man said that the only difference was that the reducer was a greater concentration, so I bought the quart, and figured I'd mix it at about 50 to 1 with pin driving fluid.  Your thoughts?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>    Also, how long does it take until they sink?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 25, 2006 9:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Synthetic Reducer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Thanks, Joe! Now, what the heck is synthetic reducer? and 100 parts of it to 1 part pin driving fluid? I thought that it was you, but I couldn't find it in the archives. maybe I didn't look it up right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Regards back at you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I get mine from Rodda Paints. It has Xolol, (sp?) in it, so use good ventilation.<G></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>