cleaning action stack

[William R. Monroe]

Boy do I hear that!  My gut reaction is that whatever we might find in that 
vein would likely be too caustic/toxic to want to handle.

JMO,
William R. Monroe



> I'd be curious about others' ways of cleaning action stacks. I've used
> several methods and never been that satisfied with any of them (mostly
> because of the amount of work involved).  I'd love to find a spray on wipe
> off solution.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> www.davidlovepianos.com

>
> 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