<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  I've tried Dry cleaners fluid..Perchlorethylene also known as perc.  Also temporary & very toxic nasty stuff.</DIV> <DIV>  It's a shame there<STRONG><FONT size=3> are no miracle cures</FONT></STRONG> for the green goop.  All those beautifully made maple parts wasting away.  Maybe it was Planned obsolescence.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>hmmm</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I believe Willis & David Snyder "tried everything" including cleaning fluids such as Xylene, and gave them all flunking grades. That's not to say one can't get partial or temporary results, but nothing that could be depended on in the high end of the market. This included rebushing the afflicted flanges -- the goo could leach out of the wood in to the new bushing cloth! <DIV>Sometimes I get good results with ProTek, but parts replacment is the only true cure.</DIV> <DIV>Patrick Draine<BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/20/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>David Love</B> <<A title=mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net"> davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">While removing some action parts with light verdigris today I had this <BR>brainstorm to put a couple drops of Goof-Off on them to see what happened.<BR>I was surprised to find that the loosened up almost immediately.  Reading<BR>the ingredients I found that Goof-Off contains Xylene so I tried that which <BR>worked almost as well.  These parts were not that heavy with verdigris and<BR>I'm wondering if anyone has any parts with heavy verdigris available that<BR>they could try this experiment on--or has anybody tried this particular <BR>solvent and with what success over the long term.<BR><BR>David Love<BR><A title=mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A><BR><A title=http://www.davidlovepianos.com/ href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/">www.davidlovepianos.com</A> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>