<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=A440WRMPiano@tm.net = href="mailto:A440WRMPiano@tm.net">William R. Monroe</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 07, = 2004 7:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Buffing Keytops</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>Thanky,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>William R. Monroe<BR>Assoc.<BR>Madison, WI</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>    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> <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).  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> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4><FONT face=Arial size=3>    --David Nereson, RPT     </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>    </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>