Restoring shine to a Yamaha

[John Formsma]

Well, I guess you learned to test on an inconspicuous spot first. I've done
it too. ;-) My problem wasn't that hard to fix, though. It required some
hard rubbing with the Cory cleaner.

Did you spray the cleaner on the cloth, or spray it directly on the
fallboard?

If all else fails, you might talk with an experienced finish guy. (Which I'm
not.)

JF

On 3/29/07, Michelle Smith <michelle at smithpianoservice.com> wrote:
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>  Hi all.  I recently removed about a ¼ inch of dust from a church's Yamaha
> grand.  There were lots of fingerprints on the fallboard so I proceeded to
> put on some Cory polish that specifically states it removes fingerprints.
> (By the way, this is a lacquer finish.) Well, it immediately clouded up, I
> tried buffing it off, it looked terrible, I applied some Cory wood cleaner
> which made the wood look very dull.  I talked to the Cory people who said it
> was probably reacting with a previously applied oil-based polish and I
> should apply a little Windex to remove the oil.  When I applied the Windex
> nothing happened.  The fall board basically looks like someone removed the
> shine.
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> The rest of the cleaning job worked out so well and I'm kicking myself
> that this has happened to the fallboard.  Any suggestions are great
> appreciated!
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> Michelle Smith
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> Smith Piano Service
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> Bastrop, Texas
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> (512) 466-0238
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> michelle at smithpianoservice.com
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