---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: > And I agree that the first thing you should try to do on ANY hammer > that needs brightening is to file it first. Once you get below the > "fluff" you will find that it's as bright, if not brighter than you > need. The only hammers that I would consider adding chemicals to are > Steinway hammers, or else hammers where some block-head has killed > them by over-needling. Yep... and it usually doesn't take much to get down to brighter harder felt as it were. Finishing off with 800 paper yields a nice surface, fibers down tight. Running an iron over the surfaces when your done can increase brilliancy as well. > By the way, when I sand hammers, I don't use a paddle. I use thin > strips which I have cut to be just wider than the hammers. It works > out easier that way. My last pass is with 800 grit, with the hammers > blocked up to the let-off position and leveled. You have to blow the > hammers out when you're done, but when do you not have to do that? > > Kevin. Grin.. when you've vacuumed instead ?? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/eb/c6/fc/50/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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