<html><body> <DIV>I've found  'Dif' wallpaper remover dilluted with hot water works great for removing bushings and old dampers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Jon Page <jonpage@comcast.net> <BR> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <DIV>>...to r<FONT face=Arial color=#000000>emove the bushings was with a hot iron and damp rag.  Well, that'll work fine if I'm >replacing keytops at the same time since the steam will work the tops loose.  But I want to >remove front rail bushings only, and I want to find out something that will work better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>Use a Key Bushing Iron.  Make wetting wedges out of felt (hammer felt trimmings).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>Make about 5, soak three ahead of the iron.  Add a touch of denatured alcohol to the water container as a surfactant.   A production would be to insert 3 soaked wedges into the mortices, after the first one is wetted, insert the iron.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>When the bushing is sufficiently steamed, insert a newly soaked wedge into</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>the third one away, move the iron to the next bushing. As you go, adjust the temperature on the iron so that the bushing will be steamed enough for</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>removal while you are removing the previously steamed bushing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>It moves along quickly enough, figure 1 to 1.5 hr. per rail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>Once the steamed bushing is removed, insert a Spurlock sizing caul</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>to aid in uniform mortice dimensions.</FONT></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>