<!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 6.00.2900.3395" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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="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=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><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></BODY></HTML>