<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hammer juice is typically made with 1 part lacquer = to 4 parts acetone.  Stronger or weaker as necessary.  I wouldn't use keytop/acetone solution for hardening the hammer overall.  But the = formula is 1 keytop (with front) to 8oz acetone.  It is used primarily on = the crown of the hammer (a drop or two) to vary </FONT><FONT size=3>the attack because of it quick-dry characteristics.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>David Love</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@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> September 04, 2001 8:25 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> hammer juice</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>How many = plastic keytops do I put with how much acetone to make the best <BR>hammer = juice? <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>