<div> Terry, what does this mean?<br> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">DAHIK!</blockquote> <div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paul</font><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 4:06 pm<br> Subject: Re: repinning a Baldwin Hamilton<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_e9948bcd-071b-4a21-9a64-adfa70c541f5"> <div><font face="Arial">Barbara - I was going to ask how long you let it dry. But it's implied here that it was short duration or maybe you tried a hair dryer? I have had very good luck with alcohol/water sizing. I don't worry too much about the percentage - about 50/50 - but if it doesn't soak in very well, I might up the alcohol and once everything is wet, maybe more water - but I have not found it critical. What I have found critical is to let the action centers dry naturally overnight - preferably a full day or two. 90+% of the time it will work great - just make sure to get the action centers nice and wet. And be sure to not get water on other action parts - like hammer butts (DAHIK!).</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="formsma@gmail.com" href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font face="Arial" size="2">I usually just go for repinning because I know what my results are going to be and I have a pretty good idea of how long it will take.  But it would make sense, I guess, to give the water/alcohol sizing another try.  I haven't worked on many pianos where sizing was an option.</font></div> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div><br> </div> <div>I usually have repinned also, but my experience prior to this was mostly field repairs where there wasn't time for drying.  I had time to experiment on this action to find what solution strength worked best. And when sizing works, it's much faster.</div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div>  <div id='u8CAF3BD4766BBFB-640-EBE' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">McCain or Obama? Stay updated on coverage of the Presidential race while you browse - <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/elections/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000001" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/elections/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000001" target="_blank">Download Now</A>!</FONT> </div>