<HTML>In a message dated 2/12/02 3:25:50 PM Central Standard Time, ReggaePass@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear Fellow Techs, Roof tar has made its way onto the relatively new one-piece ivories on a client's piano.  Does anyone know a safe way to remove the tar which won't alter the ivory?  All suggestions welcomed, especially the "tried and true" ones. Cheers, Alan Eder </BLOCKQUOTE> Alan When our cat had kittens, some of them got into a bucket of tar. (Don't ask how they got in the bucket, and I won't ask how tar got on the ivories.) I tried cleaning the kittens with gasoline, thinking that would dilute the tar. The gasoline was diluting the tar, but it wasn't removing it from the fur. It was just spreading around. We finally gave up and took the little darlings to the vet. They told us to use mayonnaise to remove tar from skin and fur. Try it on the ivories. It would certainly smell a hell of a lot better. better than gasoline. If the mayonnaise doesn't work, then you'll probably have to use gasoline. Wim </HTML>