eliminating rust #2--oopps

[Tom Servinsky]

Another good material for rust removal is a handy emery  pad sold at beauty
supply stores. These are used for manicurist on finger nails. Get the
extremely fine grit and you'll be delighted at the results.
As far as the underneath area  for rust removal, leave well enough alone.
It's more aggravation that the results are worth. As Jim said, rust in our
neck of the woods is a fact of life.
Tom Servinsky, RPT
----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: eliminating rust #2--oopps


> Phil;
>  Rust in your area is a fact of life and the best thing to do, in most
cases,
> is to leave it alone. The polished surface on music wire has 'some'
inherent
> rust resistance but this is a long way from being 'rust-proff'. What you
have
> is "Polita" which has been used for many years in rust removal. Although
it
> works well in rust removal it also leaves a more scratched/etched surface
and
> inevitably leads to more rusting and this sooner than later.  Some of the
> Scotch Brite© products will do a better job and leave less of a mess. I
> prefer the 'white' and/or 'grey' pads for this work....actually I prefer
not
> to mess with rust at all since it needs to be in 'very' advanced stages
> before there is any tonal degradation anyway......
> my view.
> Jim Bryant (FL)