I think nail polish remover is acetone. Different beast. Terry Farrell On Apr 5, 2010, at 2:27 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > Marshall > > If the keytops are plastic. do NOT use nail polish remover. Nail > polish remover is lacquer thinner, which eats up plastic. > Unfortunately, there is nothing this customer can do to remove the > magic marker. One of the ingredients in the ink is lacquer, The > black ink has basically melted into the keytop material. While some > of it can be removed with naphtha, there will always be a black > residue inthe keytop. > > If the keytops are ivory you can use alcohol and/or lacquer thinner > to remove the stain. But the longer you wait, the more that stuff > will seep into the grain of the ivory, and it will be very difficult > to remove the stain. > > Wim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 4:39 am > Subject: [pianotech] cleaning key tops > > Hi Everyone, > I Hope you guys had a great Easter. > > I received an e-mail yesterday from a lady who said that her son put > permenant marker on a key. They used toothe paste wit baking soda > which I said might be too abrasvie. So what could be used to remove > permanent marker without damaging a key top. I do not know if they > are ivor or plastic. It's a Pratt & Read grand according to her. > Thanks everyone > Marshall > > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > Marshall's Piano Service > pianotune05 at hotmail.com > 215-510-9400 > Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org > Vancouver, WA > > > > > > > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts > with Hotmail. Get busy. = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100405/0e5ba8d4/attachment.htm>
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