<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#000000"> <div class=Section1> Mike,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks for the formula and where to get the silicone.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> William<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> PIANO BOUTIQUE<o:p></o:p> William Benjamin<o:p></o:p> Piano Tuner Extraordinaire<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a><o:p></o:p> The tuner alone,<o:p></o:p> preserves the tone.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mike Kurta Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:12 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Good Stuff<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div>     OK Jack and Isaac, here's the recipe for bushing lubricant:  This is not mine, it was printed in a Baldwin service manual some years back.  I've used it for years, and as I said, I've found it AS effective and long lasting as Protek and Goose Juice (sorry Joe) and in some cases better.  The low cost tips the scale for me.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>     7 parts naptha      Available at any paint, hardware or home center.  VM&P is fine, usually packaged in <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                               pints, quarts and gallons.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>              to<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>     1 part silicone       As a trial, buy a can of any brand of silicone spray, turn the can upside down and <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                exhaust all the propellant.  Turn the can right side up and punch a SMALL hole in<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                top to fully empty the gas.  Cut the top of the can off and pour the pure silicone <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                into a measure.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                Mix the two ingredients together in the 7:1 proportion, best to use a plastic or can <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                NOT a glass container for safety's sake.  I apply using a hypo oiler for use on tight<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                bushings anywhere in the piano action.  On stubborn cases, I soak the bushing, and<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                work the part back and forth by hand using side pressure to work the lube in.  The<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                theory here is that the naptha shrinks the bushing freeing it, and when it evaporates<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                the silicone is left behind as a lubricant.  It has little odor which dissipates quickly <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                BUT like any flammable liquid, use care and caution when applying.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>             <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                Pure silicone is available in gallons called Clearslip#2 from Clearco Products Co. in<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                Bansalem, PA making it even cheaper to produce.  Try it, you'll like it....<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                Mike Kurta  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>                                  <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>