[pianotech] teflon

[Heritage Pianos]

Thank you very much!

On 12-03-30 9:11 AM, "atrav27 at att.net" <atrav27 at att.net> wrote:

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>From: Heritage Pianos
>
>A local technician has recently made claims to the contrary
>and warned other members of the local PTG to use Teflon.
>
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>Only my opinion here, so completely unofficial. ;o)
>
>If Teflon is bad, I'm in trouble. I use it for where grease would be too
>thick, and where oil would
>be too thin, where I would prefer something 'dry' like places you'd use
>graphite. IMO it's good for
>something that is not going to be touched again in a very long time, some
>place where I think oil
>would evaporate eventually, and I use it for anti-corrosion with strings
>and such.
>
>I use DuPont Teflon ChainSaver. It does have solvents, so I usually spray
>it on a q-tip or paper
>towel first, then wipe. It is very slippery when dry, but no oily or
>greasy feel, more like
>something very polished. I like the ChainSaver because it has molybdenum
>too, so that helps keep
>things slippery for a long time (like I wrote, for things that may never
>be touched again for years
>or decades). So, I use it primarily for the rail key pins, for lube and I
>see lots of corrosion
>consistently in the rail pins (I'm in humid Florida), and as a wipe on
>the strings for anti
>corrosion. It does seem to provide a real Teflon coating, so good for
>anti-dust too, once again it's
>nice to have a lube that is 'dry' so you don't get dust and dirt sticking
>to it.
>
>http://www.walmart.com/ip/DuPont-Teflon-Chain-Saver-11-oz/16672659
>
>I don't use it for anti-corrosion at the tuning pins because it REALLY is
>very thin and slippery
>when first applied, so I can imagine creating a loose tuning pin as a
>result. It dries in about a
>minute. Doesn't feel waxy to me, but they say once dry you end up with a
>wax-moly-Teflon coating.
>
>-Aron-
>
>PS, for grease, especially for brass (castors and pedals), I prefer
>'SuperLube' synthetic grease.
>Doesn't seem to damage/soften wood like petroleum greases, it'll make
>leather soft but doesn't seem
>to damage it. So for the various combinations of high clearance pedal
>parts that combine brass to
>wood to leather, it works a treat, and lasts.
>http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3506761
>