<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hazen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You mean the sand does not get embedded = into the felt at all? Hmmm...</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will try = it the next chance I get. Thanks for the info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg  </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:44 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Newbie; Cleaning actions</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated 05/05/2002 = 6:24:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:Tunapiana440@cox.net">Tunapiana440@cox.net</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I have had very good success on hard damper felts simply = by squeezing & "massaging" them with my fingers. Usually if that = doesn't work I replace them. As for sandblasting, doesn't sand get embedded = into the felt? I suppose if I run into a 'candidate' for experimenting I will = try it. What air pressure settings, etc? <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Greg <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Greg, <BR> I blow the action out after = blasting. Around 50 - 60 pounds is usually a good pressure. <BR>Hazen = Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>