<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv=content-type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16430"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff text=#000000> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ballistol a no in this camp. Gets too gummy fast.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=David@piano.plus.com href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David Boyce</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Damper tail leathers - cleaning and lubricating?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Joe, thanks for that. I did also think about Ballistol, which I already have and which is OK for leather.  We shall see!<BR><BR>If indeed when I examine the leather-clad tails properly, it seems that they are far gone, then I may re-cover them. I hate creaky pedals!<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>David.<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I developed GJ for that kind of cleanup.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dont know if it would be easy to work on your parts.</FONT></DIV>Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>