Complete Grand cleaning

[Steve Blasyak]

Hey Now,

To Ed and all others who may be willing offer an opinion. I've been using a
product called Liquid Gold usually on pianos that are very old and dirty.
If it is a fairly new piano and it just needs dusting it usually is not
necessary. First I clean as much dirt a gunk off the sound board with the
Spurlock cleaner things. As a last step I use a rag carefully spray one
side. try to keep the stuff away from the strings as much as possible
(especially the bass), wipe the sound board down. It brings the boards
grain out and appearance back to life. As for the plate if very it really
needs it, I use flitz. the stuff is expensive so I use it sparingly.

I've never had any negative effects that I'm aware of. 

Any comments negative or positive?

Summers is hot, water is warm.
Surf is good, life is good. 

Steve

OC CA

Pura Vida


> [Original Message]
> From: <A440A at aol.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 7/21/2007 4:35:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Complete Grand cleaning
>
> Stéphane writes:
>
> << I use water - vinegar solution routinely for cleaning the soundboards,
up 
>
> till now.  Isn't it so that a poison can be a cure, at the right dosis ?
<< 
>
>  Greetings, 
>         The classical definition of a poison is "too much",  so anything
can 
> be ok, depending on the dosage.  I wouldn't expect a light cleaning with 
> vinegar to loosen a soundboard, I only used the example as one usage for
the acid 
> treatment I could understand.  
>  
> >>I find it very efficient, and I try to avoid touching the strings with
the 
>
> damp part of the rag, << 
>
>       Yes, I would think for good reason, in that the acid of the vinegar 
> would be a corrosive agent on piano wire.  I was more concerned with the
idea of 
> using it on a plate, where there would certainly be some small amount
getting 
> around the hitch pins, screws, etc.  I have seen plates with strange
amounts 
> of corrosion on them and now I wonder if exposure to vinegar might have
been 
> the reason, I don't really know, this is just surmising on my part.
>
>  
>
> >>Do you have a better way for cleaning the soundboard ?<<
>
>        I don't know if it is better, but perhaps safer, or at least, less 
> threatening.  I have used the commercial cleaner 409 on incredibly dirty
boards 
> to good effect.  I think it is a surfectant, but I have seen it lift the 
> decades of coal dust/grime/spills, etc off of shellaced boards with no
damage.  
> Regards, 
>
>  
> Ed Foote RPT 
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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