Doug, I am dealing with an action affected by smoke from a fire as well. When you use Scrubbing Bubbles, did you use them on the wippens as well? Since the slightest bit of smoke seems to discolor the parts a bit, tt would be nice to bring back the new, lighter color of the natural wood. Did you spray it on the action parts or use a small brush on more delicate parts? -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [pianotech] smoke damaged piano > From: Douglas Gregg <classicpianodoc at gmail.com> > Date: Wed, November 10, 2010 11:44 am > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > I have a S&S in my shop that was half burned up . The top is all > charred and must be replaced. It was closed at the time of the fire > and the insides are only smoke damaged. The odor was permanently > removed using Ultra Odors Gone. It is used in museums after fires > without closing down the museum to visitors. Check it out a > www.ultraodorsgone.com web site. It works amazingly well at > neutralizing odors. Mildew too. It is a gel in a cottage cheese-like > container. Put the piano in an enclosed space or loosely tent it in > plastic with one of these tubs inside and the odor will be gone in a > few days to a week and won't come back. I have some of these burned > pieces in my basement now and have never smelled the smoke odor. > > To clean off the smoke tar from the plate, action and case, I used > Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner. The brown tarry residue of smoke > just floats up with the bubbles and can be wiped off with a paper > towel. > > The fire did not do much damage to to piano other than obviously > burned parts. It was the water damage from the firemen extinguishing > the flames that can be the bigest problem. Fortunately, in my case. > the firemen recognized the value of the S&S and did their best not to > soak it. > > Douglas Gregg > Classic Piano Doc > Southold, NY
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