<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Another thing to do is have a "safety net" under your buffing = wheel on the floor.</DIV> <DIV> When you are new to this procedure having the key spun out of = your hand and getting chipped on a hard floor is a problem. A t= hick rubber mat or carpet soft enough to stop chipping is mandatory.</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>After polishing many hundreds of keyboards I have found out the best= way to avoid the key being spun out of your hand is to.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wrap your left hand (if right handed) VERY TIGHTLY around = the key and with your right hand use thumb and first finger tilt the key = slightly towards you. </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Always keep the key angled</STRONG>! or else it will put you= r tight gripping hand to the test!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Then do some horizontal passes back and forth. I do the horizon= tal passes in two steps. First push the key till the sharp opening reache= s the side of the wheel and I then lift the key and put it back with the = sharp opening on the other side of the wheel. The vertical passes take ca= re of what you miss around the opening area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Turn the key around so that your right hand has the vice grip and re= peat horizontal passes with the angled key. BUT, do not put too much= pressure on the sharp opening, or rounded corners will be the result.</D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Then, change grip to do the finishing vertical passes, startin= g at the tail end only, never from the front.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>I would only use that method for tops that have been sand pa= pered or badly scratched.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Too much gunk on the keys is the result of TOO much compound applied= . The wheel works better by regularly cleaning the old gunk off with th= e pointy end of a file and applying compound lightly. I do not apply= compound to the left corner of the wheel. I use that corner for the= finishing passes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens</DIV> <DIV>South Australia </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></A> = </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>