Ron, I suspect that the "records" are no longer in existance....OR..those "people" who were responsible for that crap ain't fessin' up.<G> Kinda like the "Teflon" debacle thang.<G> Hmmmm? Seems to me that one DF was around there during that time...or a little later? Perhaps he could enlighten us.<G>.....Hmmmmmmmmm? That's my take on it. Joe > [Original Message] > From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> > To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: 12/22/2011 9:10:20 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin upright - bobbling hammers > > On 12/22/2011 10:53 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote: > > Ron, > > We should have a contest in naming the stuff.<G> (I refrained from using my > > exclamation point, because there are those who wish I wouldn't.) > > I'll submit: Skunkfam. After all the stuff really stinks and sticks to > > ya<G>! (oops, fell off the wagon already.<G>) > > BTW, I've replaced a few of those with the sticky black crap whatever it's > > called. Really a pain to get that stuff off of the parts and get rid of the > > residual. I used several chemicals to get it off of the wood. Don't > > remember which one did the trick, but my memory pads seem to say Lacquer > > thinner. Any thoughts? > > Joe > > Lacquer thinner is as good a place to start as any, or MEK. I've never > replaced any of the black sticky stuff because the action almost works > with it - unlike the hard Corfam. I still don't see why it's so > impossible to come up with a real name for the stuff though. > Ron N
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