cleaning action stack

William R. Monroe pianotech at a440piano.net
Thu Jan 3 18:35:37 MST 2008


Hi List,

I posted last week about a dirty stack from an "M" that I just took in that 
I wanted to clean.  Just thought I'd post my results.

Photos should show a couple before photos (with requisite verdigris), and a 
couple after photos.

What I did:

Applied degreaser, scrubbed with nylon brush to remove gunk.
Spray stack with water to remove degreaser/gunk.
Let dry.
Clean stack with Flitz and Scotchbrite.

Tremendous improvement.

Next time, I'd do it the same way, but I'd be quicker on the degreaser step. 
I found I spent way too much time scrubbing the degreaser trying to remove 
as much tarnish as possible.  All I really wanted to accomplish with that 
step was removing the build-up of black gunk.  Live and learn.

William R. Monroe
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