<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>       Then do you soak the hammer or just wet the strike point and alittle beyond? Also. after the laquer thinner is applied, I would think that blotting the thinner to remove it also removes the unwanted laquer with it thereby softening the hammer OR does merely applying the laquer withou blotting it back off enough to soften the things?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/17/2006 5:20:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, ricbrek@broadpark.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Try a reasonably strong lacquer thinner... if that softens the hammer <BR>then its not keytop.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>