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<DIV>Fabric softener (1 part) and isopropyl alcohol (7 parts) works very
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<DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 4/25/2003 at 9:06 PM Dave Nereson wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>What can one use to soften hammers that were lacquered at the
factory? At first I thought lacquer thinner, but wouldn't that just
evaporate and leave them still hard? Tried a voicing needle and broke
three of them. The voicing tool just will not go in. Tempted to go
to the vise-grips extreme. Surely the wonderful world of chemistry
offers some liquid I can drizzle on them. ?? --David Nereson,
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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