I'm currently a chemist in the liquor industry. I have done a lot of gas chromatography on all sorts of distilled spirits, and can unequivocally state that they ALL contain things you don't want to be adding to, say, a bushing. I don't care how "pure" the spirit claims to be. They all do it. They add things like glycerol and citric acid to vodka. Everclear, as I mentioned, contains a citrus flavorant. Not trying to say something doesn't work for people, just adding my scientific two cents. I'm gonna stick with denatured alcohol Formula Nos. 3-A, or 3-C (methanol and isopropanol denaturants, respectively-don't use No. 3-B, it contains pine tar!) John _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Chick (Earthlink) Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:26 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Denatured vs ethanol alcohol I think Susan Graham uses Everclear, or grain alcohol for piano work. Check with her. Paul C Subject: RE: Denatured vs ethanol alcohol Steer clear of Everclear (sorry). It contains a slight amount of citrus flavoring that might gum up the works. Stick with denatured alcohol from the paint store. Try to find some denatured with iso-propyl alcohol, instead of gasoline or methanol. Much safer. John Subject: Re: Denatured vs ethanol alcohol I've heard 'Everclear' works well for easing action center bushings. (probably eases techs well too) -------------- Original message -------------- From: KeyKat88 at aol.com Greetings, Is denatured alcohol the same as Ethanol alcohol that is available in drugstores? ...or so I use straight stuff from the state liquor store? Thank you, Julia Reading, PA In a message dated 5/10/2006 8:52:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, custos3 at comcast.net writes: Denatured alcohol will do it. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060516/2bb68eb4/attachment.html
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