This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Re: Howdya get CA off of polyester???Oops, I missed that. Right you are. = Thanks. But that begs another question: Is it not likely that either the finish = is not polyester or that another finish has been applied over the poly? = I don't know that I have ever seen a polyester finish in satin - seems = it would just turn kinda white. Best be careful with this one.... Terry Farrell In this particular case it is a satin finish. I don't think he'll need = the buffing wheel or polish.=20 =20 Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 =20 CA can be dissolved with acetone. Acetone won't hurt polyester, = particularly if its only in contact with the polyester for a short time. = After you wash the CA off, just polish the polyester surface again with = any of the polymer polishes. It will take the slight dulling off to come = up just like new. But please make sure that the finish you are proposing = to removing the CA from is indeed polyester. If its acid cat or any of = the other lacquers, acetone will remove both the CA and the lacquer = coating. =20 Ron O. =20 And then of course, have your buffing wheel available! =20 Terry Farrell =20 I have scraped it off with a razor or knife and then dressed the = finish with a little 4/0 steel wool. You could even use some 600 = sandpaper first and then the steel wool. Try an inconspicuous area first = to see how it is going to look on the finish. But if you can hardly see = it now probably hitting a couple of times with the steel wool will make = it disappear. =20 Dean Dean May =20 I just finished tuning a satin walnut polyester piano that has a = few loose pins. It's a couple of years old, and still under warranty, = but I figured I try to CA a couple of pins anyway.=20 =20 Just to prove that performing that operation requires care and = patience, I spilled a very small amount on the keyslip....:-([( At least it isn't laquer. I got most of it off before it had time = to set, but as we all know, the stuff dries durned fast! So there are a = couple of very small marks on the front.=20 =20 The finish doesn't appear to be damaged at all, and it's hardly = visible, but I can see it. I'd like to do right by the customer and get = it off if possible, but I didn't want to apply chemicals that might take = the finish off in conjunction with the glue... =20 If any of you have an idea about how to remove this stuff, please = let me know! =20 It's always on the fourth tuning of the day... =20 Thanks in advance! =20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/dc/73/d5/4d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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