Dear Chicken...Warren You are unnecessarily concerned about fumes. You don't need to get the iron that hot. I've done a lot of these and my lungs are just fine and I'm 80 years old and still cooking along just fine. Dick RPT ---------- > From: Warren Fisher <fish@communique.net> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: The darn plastic elbows > Date: Sunday, March 02, 1997 5:02 PM > > DICK BEATON wrote: > > > > Here is how to do it the easy way....Just get a small soldering iron...20 > > watt or so with a small tip....Just stick it in and heat the plastic as you > > pull on the elbow. When the plastic melts it will come right out in your > > hand...a few seconds each. > > Dick RPT > > > > Dick, > I have a serious reservation about heating that old plastic with a > soldering iron. Some plastics give off toxic fumes if they are burned. > I would take some samples to a labratory and have them checked. The EPA > might be a good place to start. Lung or liver problems might be the > least of your problems! You might get a lawsuit from a customer! > > Sincerely, > > "Chicken" Warren :-}} > > > > -- > Warren D. Fisher > fish@communique.net > Registered Piano Technician > Piano Technicians Guild > New Orleans Chapter 701
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