Disinfecting Piano: ( Sorry Bill, but "bleach" might not be sucha good idea.)

[Fenton Murray]

I found out with a brake drum that cast iron will rust when heated if 
contains enough moisture. I can't even remember what I was trying to do with 
this thing, but putting it in the oven at a low temp for just a few minutes 
caused it to instantly rust.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Disinfecting Piano: ( Sorry Bill, but "bleach" might not be 
sucha good idea.)


>
>> Dr. Thumpe,
>>
>> Aha! I've been curious about this for a while, since a non-piano-tech 
>> acquaintance suggested an ozone generator to kill mold, etc. in a piano. 
>> I wondered whether a Target store model would work, and it was just 
>> expensive enough that I didn't want to buy it just to see.
>>
>> Do you have any info on devices that would do the trick? Thanks,
>> Paul Bruesch
>
> My brother in law who is a housing inspector in the Long Beach CA area 
> tells me one of the best mold treatments for houses, etc, is to tent the 
> thing and heat it to 150°F for 12 hours. That will, reportedly, thoroughly 
> kill mold, and since there's no place under the tent that doesn't reach 
> the lethal temperature, there are no out of sight colonies that a contact 
> fungicide would leave. It gets the stuff in the ducts, in the walls, under 
> the tub, etc.
>
>
> For what it's worth.
> Ron N
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