cleaning action stack

[David Ilvedson]

Looks nice, William...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "William R. Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 1/3/2008 5:35:37 PM
Subject: cleaning action stack


>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