[CAUT] Vertigris on Action Rail

[Greg Newell]

You could clean with your elixir of choice and then follow up with spray
brake cleaner. That would clean up the holes too. Don’t spray inside though.

 

Greg Newell

Greg's Piano Forté

www.gregspianoforte.com

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216-470-8634 (mobile)

 

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
tannertuner
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:33 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertigris on Action Rail

 


Hi William, Thanks.

Yeah, I was thinking cleaner would gunk up the holes, but worried at the
same time that if I didn't use something that would kill it all, it could
feed on the new parts and grow back. You guys have helped diminish that
concern. I don't know if I want to spray with lacquer. I've pulled some wips
off of rails that were sprayed with some kind of gold lacquer and they were
stuck good. That makes travelling a pain. Besides, the sheen of the rails
isn't going to be all that important. The brackets don't look very nice and
won't clean up, so...

Thanks,

Jeff

--- On Fri, 7/30/10, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote:


From: William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vertigris on Action Rail
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 12:38 PM

Jeff,

 

I've used a green scotch-brite pad.  It leaves a satin rather than polished
finish, but that's OK in my book.  Then Flitz if you like.  I've pretty much
stopped using cleaners for these rails as I don't care for the gunk in all
the screw holes.  It's not really the end of the world, just my preference.
Scotch brite is fast and thorough.  Then give it a quick coat of
Brass-Lacquer to prevent tarnish.  When you are cleaning look very closely
for cracks in the brass rail.  More often than not, they are there.

 

William R. Monroe



 

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM, tannertuner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net
<http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tannertuner@bellsouth.net> >
wrote:

Hi all,
What's the best way to clean vertigris off the wippen rail of an old
Steinway?
Thanks,
Jeff





 

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