<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The new ones would have a very smooth finis, so I doubt anything would take.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sand the 2 new ones with 1000 grit water paper, then they would have a better chance of taking your stain.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>How about sanding them all, with say 1000 grit waterpaper, they might even match.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I don't know, if I would put your iodine mixture on them all?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have never tried any of the above, but if I was faced with your problem, they would be my choices.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Or would it work to sell a keyjob, depending on the condition of the others, and of course would the piano warrant it?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=ceralon@comcast.net href="mailto:ceralon@comcast.net">Carlos Ralon</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> Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Staining plastic key tips</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need to color match 2 new plastic key tops to the older plastic.  What is the best? I tried an iodine mixture but it would wipe off, even the next day.  Someone with a home brew?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carlos Ralon, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>