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Cy Shuster cy at shusterpiano.com
Sat Aug 25 08:32:51 MDT 2012


So *that's* what happened to the Buick!!!

Ron, your shop methods are great, but your writing makes my day...

--Cy--

Cy Shuster, RPT
Albuquerque, NM

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On Aug 25, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

> On 8/25/2012 1:29 AM, Rob McCall wrote:
> 
>> Much gas has been percolated and excreted. Thanks. I was originally
>> picturing a block of pumice, hence the gust of wind from my ears.
> 
> Yea, I see the problem. That would be a tough vision to get enthusiastic about. I might not be an exactly "off the shelf" sort of guy, but my methods tend to be as simple, practical, and twit resistant as I can make them - so I can make them.
> 
> 
>> So where do you find the FFF pumice?
> 
> It's in the shop, just to the right of the door from the utility room, on the green shelves. Oh, you mean...
> 
> Better Google it. Many years ago, I got an unlabeled jar of pumice, and one of rotten stone from a tuner's estate with a bunch of other stuff I wasn't sure what to do with. Long after that, I finally found a use for the pumice for the key top thing, and scored a full one pound box of FFF pumice at an estate sale since. So I never have actually bought any of the stuff from a real source. If I was looking for some locally, I'd start with industrial supply places, craft stores, art supply, and paint, maybe a hardware store if you happen to have one of the very few left in the country in your area. It's probably much more efficient in time and money wasted to just Google some up and UPS it to your front porch.
> 
> Or you could stop anywhere along the Oregon coast, pull off the road a few yards, dig down about a foot, and you'll find cubic miles of the stuff. It's ungraded, but not too tricky to find.
> 
> Thump will tell you he heard it makes your legs drop off and ooze into a corner emitting a green gas that dissolves Buicks or some such, but mine has been quite well behaved for a long time. Just don't snort it.
> 
> Ron N



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