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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>When you all do a keytop =
job, what
(if any) buffing compound do you use to finish up the keys?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>William R. =
Monroe<BR></FONT><FONT
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I've used
Turtle Wax white polishing compound. One can will last an =
entire
career. Doesn't require much. Just dab a little on a =
moist cloth,
polish the keys in a circular or back-and-forth motion, wipe off the =
excess,
then buff with a clean, dry, soft cloth. This is ivories now, =
although
I think polishing compound is probably a fine enough grit to do =
plastic
also. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Yes, it is =
fine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4><FONT face=Arial
size=3> I've also used "white rouge" applied to =
a buffing
wheel. It has a consistency somewhere between chalk and clay
and comes in sticks about 1" x 1" x 5". "Tripoli" =
and "red
rouge" are used by jewelers to polish silver, gold, marble, =
etc. "Red
rouge" is redundant since 'rouge' means red. And the term =
"white
rouge" is silly since it's white, not rouge. Tripoli is =
similar
stuff (first used in Tripoli, Libya, according to the encyclopedia), =
but
it's brownish and will just dirty up the keytops, so use the white =
stuff
(white rouge). </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>I use white rouge also, but =
tripoli and
red rouge work fine also, I believe they are a bit more aggressive. =
Yes, you
get a little bit of dark goop on the keytop, but that wipes easily =
off with
a clean cloth - I hit them with the clean cloth for a final polish
anyway.</FONT></DIV>
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size=3> If doing plastics, or plastic key fronts, =
use a very
light touch on the wheel and keep the rpm's low or it will heat up =
and melt,
marring the keytop. (Yes, I found out the hard
way). </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000>Whereas what you say is =
true, you can
also use that to your advantage when faces with a plastic key with a =
deep
scratch on it. It is amazing what defects a good buffing wheel =
can
remove from a plastic keytop!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4><FONT face=Arial
size=3> --David Nereson, RPT
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