Yes, I've done this before. Use kerosene on a rag which will dissolve the wax. Wash thoroughly after all wax is washed away. Good luck. Bruce Browning-The Piano Tuner Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> said: > Hi Doug, > > I'd be tempted to freeze the keys and then chip off the wax. Have *not* > done this. > > At 09:59 AM 11/02/2005 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone know how to remove candle wax from keys? I went to tune a > >piano yesterday and the customer said, "yea, I accidentally spilled > >candle wax on the the keys, I've been trying to get some of it off." > > > >It is a mess... about 4 octaves of the keyboard covered with wax. made > >for an interesting tuning! Has anyone ever removed candle wax and know > >how to remove it from keytops? Thanks in advanced! > > > >Doug Renz > >Associate PTG > >Rochester, NY > >pianotuner@frontiernet.net > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 10/02/2005 > > > > > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 10/02/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > --
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