[CAUT] Cleaning up..., part 2

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Thanks, Dale.  I'll give that approach a try.


Alan


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Alan,
 
Before you sand & refinish try steaming out the indentations. Use a moist linen cloth and hammer iron (the back side will match the curve of the damper top). Touch up the finish as needed.
 
DP

Dale Probst RPT
Registered Piano Technician
Ward & Probst, Inc.
www.wardprobst.com
dale at wardprobst.com
 

  
  
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Yes, even pen, on black damper heads.  Why? I dunno.  How much   IS moronic squared, anyway?
  
 
  
I guess nothing short of sanding and refinishing will remove the   indentations.  

  
Alan Eder

  
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From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org>
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Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:54 pm
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Pen, on black damper   heads? How could they see anything? 
Or are these finished brown wood?   

Indentations --- I don't think you'll get rid of them 
any time   soon. 

Susan

At 12:09 PM 3/1/2010, you wrote:
  
Thanks Wim, Dale, Gerry and Susan for your     responses. 

Susan, writing has been done with chalk, pencil,     pen... everything short of an engraver, it seems!  Some of these     implements (aided by their heavy-handed users) have left indentations.      

Alan Eder 



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Yamaha recommends using naptha to       remove adhesive residue from their high gloss poly dampers, and this has       worked well for us. Â What would clean adhesive and writing (!) off of       satin lacquer finished dampers (such as Steinway)?

Citrus     solvent is much nicer to be around than naphtha, assuming that its oily     nature doesn't react badly with the satin finish. 
I tend to use a few     drops of citrus solvent on a barely damp shop towel for adhesive residues.     It has to be dry enough not 
to drip down onto the damper felt, of     course.

What was the writing done with? Has it left an indented     impression on the damper heads? 

Susan Kline 


 
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