On Oct 30, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Jim Busby wrote: > Thanks Fred, > > I forgot about the Teflon in the bushings. Do you do that very last? > > Jim When I put in new bushings, I apply the teflon before I glue in the felt. WIth a brand new piano, I put teflon in with a pipecleaner, then follow with heat. Reason? The pipecleaner "fuzzes up" the felt so it needs to be ironed down again. With the new piano, the bushing has never been ironed and probably needs some sizing, as well as lubing and ironing, so this is just a standard, assembly line process. The way I use the heated cauls, I don't find any affect on the teflon powder. At this point, I haven't done any steam sizing of bushings that weren't already tefloned for quite a while. But I think I would steam, then do a first, quick ironing, then apply teflon, then a final ironing. Chris says with the VS you don't need the additional lube. I guess I'll see, but my take is that what is described as being in the VS (1% silicone) is probably a lot less lubrication than a fairly think application of teflon powder on the felt, and a coating of McLube on the pin. (Why McLube on the pin? In my experience it sticks on metal much better than ProLube, and it seems to be the slipperiest substance I have come across. Granted it's killing brain cells, or the solvent part of it is. But who needs those? <G>). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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