Key whitening - the Cutex cure!

[David Ilvedson]

Looks pretty good to me...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 9/14/2008 2:02:45 PM
Subject: Re: Key whitening - the Cutex cure!


>Hi Tom,

>Sorry for the delay in replying to your questions, I was away from home.

>I took the keys out one by one so that I could hold them at a good angle to 
>the light and see properly how things looked.  This also allowed better 
>access to the edges of the key coverings.

>I used paper towel roll, called kitchen towel in the UK, not sure what the 
>US term is for it.  I folded the paper towel into a flat finger about an 
>inch wide by four or five inches long. It is necessary to constantly change 
>to a clean bit of paper towel surface, otherwise you quickly end up rubbing 
>dissoved gunge back into the key.

>The cutex-cleaned key surface dried almost instantly, and after I had done 
>all the keys, I then lightly buffed the surface with the keys in place using 
>a clean dry cloth.

>Sorry the quality of the pic isn't very good, I only had my cellphone camera 
>with me. In the pic, C, D, E, and the rear half of F had been quickly 
>treated.

>Proceed with caution!  I will be most interested to hear how you get on!

>Best regards,

>David.

>"David

>I have a piano I want to try this on.  I have a couple of specific questions 
>as to your procedure.

>Did you remove the keys from the piano to apply the Cutex?  I imagine if any 
>Cutex got on the adjacent black keys it might smudge black onto the white 
>keytop.

>After applying the Cutex with the towel, did you then wipe off any remaining 
>Cutex/moisture with a clean towel, or did you just leave it in place?

>Thanks for sharing this with us and for any additional info, too.

>Tom Sivak
>Chicago"