DMSO

[Avery Todd]

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I'm showing my ignorance here, but what is DMSO?

Avery

At 04:26 PM 4/25/05, you wrote:
>Joe --
>
>Yow! I had no idea. Freaky how stuff like this happens. Who'ld a thunk 
>that DMSO would give one the power to make things rust. A power that can 
>only be used for good, or evil.
>
>She does have arthritis so I'll ask her if DMSO is in her arsenal of pain 
>relievers.
>
>Thanks --
>
>-- Geoff Sykes
>Assoc. Los Angeles
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Garrett
>Sent: Apr 25, 2005 10:23 AM
>To: pianotech
>Subject: DMSO
>
>Geoff asked: "DMSO is applied directly to the skin, is it not? How would 
>that promote =
>rust
>in a piano?"
>
>Geoff,
>Yes, DMSO is applied directly to the skin. HOWEVER, the darned stuff goes 
>through the system and is expelled through the pores. You can smell it and 
>it permeates the whole house environment! One incident, I had, was a lady 
>was using it and had a nice Everett Conslole. Called me to tune and 
>trouble shoot some problems. When I opened it up, the whole piano, 
>(everything that was iron/steel) was a mass of RUST!! Yikes! (said I) 
>After some conversation, she told me she had the same problem with her 
>sewing machine! I took the piano into the shop for a thorough de-rusting 
>and restringing. One month after delivery, it started to get rusty 
>again!!! (even though I was very fastidious in the de-rusting, etc.) I 
>took humidity readings at the initial visit and on each one after 
>delivery. Nothing out of the ordinary was detected. I put a damp-chaser in 
>the piano and that seemed to slow it down, but not completely eliminate it!
>BTW, DMSO was originated to clean metal, specifically steel. It does that. 
>In fact, it does it so well, that it makes steel, in normal humidity 
>conditions, extremely susceptable to rusting. Not a fun gig! I v'e had 
>other instances with that stuff. Because there is a Dr. at the OHSU, 
>medical facility, in Portland, who specializes in the use of DMSO, there 
>are probably more cases than I'm aware of, in this area.
>Regards,
>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares R I

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