<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Well I'm not going to go too thick with the gel , so I should be ok.</div><div>Thanks,<br><br>Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano<div><a href="http://www.uccipiano.com">www.uccipiano.com</a>  </div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, "Tom Servinsky" <<a href="mailto:tompiano@bellsouth.net">tompiano@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">The sunlight doesn't loosen the ivory. Rather it's the repeated liquid peroxide treatments that eventually weakens the glue adhesion.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">The lamps do take more time, but less peroxide is needed, thus </font><font face="Arial" size="2">glue issues are lowered.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tom Servinsky</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="alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com" href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 20, 2011 7:23 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Bleaching Ivories</div> <div><br></div>You'll do much better with sunlight because it works much faster. I find the lamps require to much time and that's what loosens the ivory. <div><br> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: medium Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <div>Al -</div> <div>High Point, NC</div> <div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br> <div> <div>On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Richard Ucci wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div>List,<br>I have used peroxide gel and uv lamp on heads with good results. My question is, will the heads and tails loosen or curl using gel and sunshine .<br>I don't want to get into reattaching ivories. Just want to improve color.<br><br>Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano<br><a href="http://www.uccipiano.com"><a href="http://www.uccipiano.com">www.uccipiano.com</a></a><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote> </div></blockquote></body></html>