<!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 6.00.6000.17102" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Add a dash of normal dishwashing soap to your hot water and the adhesion breaks apart much quicker.</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=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</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, September 04, 2011 12:50 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Using multifunction tool for grand damper feltremoval?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial color=black size=2> <DIV>David</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't know what tool you're talking about, but have you tried soaking them? I put my dampers on a peg board rack, or even cut holes in a box, and then wet them down with hot water. The water soaks into the felts, which then soaks the adhesive off the heads. In most cases, the felts fall right off, but sometimes I have to use a knife to help them off. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: David Boyce <David@piano.plus.com><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2011 4:08 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] Using multifunction tool for grand damper felt removal?<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_1_e8668fbe-ebef-4b3b-b15d-4be15ca0f972><FONT face=Arial>Has anyone tried using one of the multifunction tools to remove grand damper felts which are REALLY stuck down?<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>David.<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>