<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> Hi Don...Methylated Spirits is a mixture 95%V/V Ethanol and 5%= of a NASTY  tasting liquid to stop the down and outs from drin= king it!!! It was used as a cheap form of a drinking Spirit by homeless d= runks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The French polishers use it to create the liquid Schellac for polish= ing. There is many a story about old French polishers drinking the v= ile tasting stuff!!. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would say in America you would call it something else. Used in eve= ry household here in Australia as a cleaning agent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the purpose of adding the "Metho' was to thin the Brasso dow= n a bit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens </DIV> <DIV>South Australia</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 01/14/05 09:= 54:53</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: Polis= hing White Plastic Key-tops</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Robin,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What is metho?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At 08:49 AM 14/01/2005 +1030, you wrote:</DIV> <DIV>>       In my days at a firm that s= old, and serviced Steinways, any key</DIV> <DIV>>polishing was done with a foot square slab of scrap half inch ha= mmer felt</DIV> <DIV>>with Brasso and metho.       The f= elt slab was glued to a board to make it</DIV> <DIV>>portable. Then a small amount of Brasso was put on the felt with= the same</DIV> <DIV>>amount of metho.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca <A href="http://us.geocities.com/dr= pt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7</DIV> <DIV>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner</DIV> <DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV>pianotech list info: <A href="http://www.ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/= pianotech">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></DIV> <DIV>.</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>