<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">>I heard that some people use their fingers to push the strip mute in.  Has anyone here ever done  this?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Always!  If it's too tight to press in with my fingers, I use a thinner strip.  It goes a lot faster without a tool.  Occasionally at the end of a section with little or no finger room, I'll use a screw driver.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Frank Emerson</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>