[pianotech] Bleaching Ivories

[Richard Ucci]

Well I'm not going to go too thick with the gel , so I should be ok.
Thanks,

Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano
www.uccipiano.com


On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:51 AM, "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano at bellsouth.net>  
wrote:

> The sunlight doesn't loosen the ivory. Rather it's the repeated  
> liquid peroxide treatments that eventually weakens the glue adhesion.
> The lamps do take more time, but less peroxide is needed, thus glue  
> issues are lowered.
>
>
> Tom Servinsky
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 7:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bleaching    Ivories
>
> You'll do much better with sunlight because it works much faster. I  
> find the lamps require to much time and that's what loosens the ivory.
>
> Al -
> High Point, NC
>
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Richard Ucci wrote:
>
>> List,
>> I have used peroxide gel and uv lamp on heads with good results. My  
>> question is, will the heads and tails loosen or curl using gel and  
>> sunshine .
>> I don't want to get into reattaching ivories. Just want to improve  
>> color.
>>
>> Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano
>> www.uccipiano.com
>>
>>
>
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