<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>Al,</DIV> <DIV>Even one (1) drop will creep a lot farther than you would imagine!! I strongly urge NOT using that stuff. My experiments showed me that it's a bad substance to have around a piano. That sort of rationale is wrong. We're not talking metal on metal, which it's made for. We're talking metal IN WOOD! A whole different animal.</DIV> <DIV>Just my take on it.</DIV> <DIV>Joe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/18/2011 5:39:46 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Rusted Underlever screw</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Joe, you are correct in the "creep".  <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I should have been more specific in the application. I use a hypo needle and hit a single drop to the bass of the screw and apply again. Not much and it shouldn't get any further than the screw and barrel. As with anything else, it's all about how you use it. Two aspirin will help your headache, a bottle will probably kill you :-) <DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -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" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV>Al -</DIV> <DIV>High Point, NC</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Al said: "Several applications of Liquid Wrench at the screw bass, then us<BR>a smooth jaw plier to loosen screws"<BR><BR>Al,<BR>I would strongly urge all to not use Liquid Wrench! The darn stuff is<BR>designed to "creep"! It will gum up any flanges that it comes in contact<BR>with. I recently did some experimenting with the stuff. My conclusion is:<BR>Don't use it! Same goes for WD-40 and the like. Oil makes wood spongy. Not<BR>what you want to achieve imo.<BR>Just my take on it.<BR>Joe<BR><BR><BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain of the Tool Police<BR>Squares R I<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>