<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff><DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>Aha!  A reason for that fire hose!  ;-]</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <<A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:01:05 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: sluggish butt questions</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Uh, Terry,,,,,,,,,,,, Hence the response from our beloved Ron N,,,,,,,,,  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you haven't tried actually doing it yet, which I bet you haven't, water won't mix with Naphtha. Why? Because Naphtha is a petroleum product, and is not water soluble.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    In fact, My Father, the firefighter, told me more than one story about how burning Naphtha has a tendency to float on water.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Not a pretty picture. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</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> Monday, July 15, 2002 5:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: sluggish butt questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ron,<BR><BR>I actually meant naphtha and water, sans the silicone, for shrinking the <BR>bushings. I had been using isopropyl, which has water in it already, but I <BR>find the naphtha dries faster and shrinks the felt better. since then I've <BR>just been using the "baldwin method' of naphtha/silicone, 8.1.; works great!<BR><BR><BR><BR>Terry Peterson<BR><BR><BR>>Terry,<BR>     It would impress me more than I can possibly say if you could mix a <BR>small,<BR>     or any amount of water into a silicone-naphtha mixture. You'd probably <BR>have<BR>     better luck just using pterodactyl fat in the first place.<BR><BR>     Ron N><BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: <A href="http://messenger.msn.com">http://messenger.msn.com</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>