Presuming the plate is being re-bronzed I suggest Tsp and water and a scrub brush. We do this out of the piano and out side. In side with no finish soap and water. Dale Erwin RPT- Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S pianos Pre-hung Ronsen hammer sets/Abel parts Sitka Soundboards & Supplies WWW.Erwinspiano.com 209-577-8397 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at frontier.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 4:24 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cleaning cast iron frame Lim, Is the plate in or out of the piano? Do you plan to do anything to the finish after cleaning? On 3/8/2012 8:27 PM, lim hock seng wrote: > > Hi, > Apologies to ask this basic question again. > 1. After removing strings from the plate, what is a safe way to clean > the grease and grim on the plate without scarring it? > > Thanks! > Lim > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120309/73333065/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 90292 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120309/73333065/attachment-0002.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 104545 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120309/73333065/attachment-0003.jpeg>
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