Seems to me that mineral spirits might be quite effective in loosening the wax. Probably other things too... YMMV Andrew Anderson On Feb 26, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Pam Bero wrote: > Just picked up an action from a 1987 Baldwin R which has had a large > pillar candle melted down into the action. Just looking to find out > if anyone has dealt with anything like this before. The hammers and > backchecks got the worst of it, but the back of the keys and the > felt under the keys are also affected. > My plan is to scrape as much wax off as possible and see if sanding > the keys will clean them up sufficiently. It looks to me like the > hammers and backchecks will have to be replaced, but thought I’d see > if anyone has any ideas. > Thank you in advance for any advice. > > Pam Bero > Appleton, WI > Associate member -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090226/dc020cea/attachment-0001.html>
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