<!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 8.00.6001.19088"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </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=tunerryan@gmail.com href="mailto:tunerryan@gmail.com">Ryan Sowers</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> Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Guess which pin...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I've also heard that methanol works a little better. But not only is it harder to get, it is much more toxic. So I stick with the friendlier chemical. <BR><BR>Ryan<BR><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial> The solvent is the vehicle that cuts through the lanolin and introduces the water to the wool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I used to buy Methanol at the  drugstore back in the 70's because the books said so but the denatured works just fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>   Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>