Barbara - I was going to ask how long you let it dry. But it's implied here that it was short duration or maybe you tried a hair dryer? I have had very good luck with alcohol/water sizing. I don't worry too much about the percentage - about 50/50 - but if it doesn't soak in very well, I might up the alcohol and once everything is wet, maybe more water - but I have not found it critical. What I have found critical is to let the action centers dry naturally overnight - preferably a full day or two. 90+% of the time it will work great - just make sure to get the action centers nice and wet. And be sure to not get water on other action parts - like hammer butts (DAHIK!). Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: John Formsma I usually just go for repinning because I know what my results are going to be and I have a pretty good idea of how long it will take. But it would make sense, I guess, to give the water/alcohol sizing another try. I haven't worked on many pianos where sizing was an option. I usually have repinned also, but my experience prior to this was mostly field repairs where there wasn't time for drying. I had time to experiment on this action to find what solution strength worked best. And when sizing works, it's much faster. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081003/d4713a77/attachment.html
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