[pianotech] teflon

[atrav27 at att.net]

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From: Ryan Sowers
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There are a number of spray products that contain Teflon, then there are the Teflon powders. I have 
found the powder to be a fairly benign product to use on the piano. I use it sparingly on keybeds 
and hammer knuckles.
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How thin is the powder, like talc? Or is it in a paste like those old graphite powders?

FWIW I recently worked on an old Werner grand (1922 I think), that someone went crazy with graphite, 
my hands looked like a coal miner's, and it slowed the whole process down when I had to be super 
conscious not to pass the graphite smears onto anything else.

If Teflon is a health hazard, I wonder about all the cooking pans and what not, it's everywhere.

-Aron-