[pianotech] Glass cleaner to remove cigarette tar, how to bag a piano, and other piano-cleaning fun...

[Douglas Gregg]

The scrubbing bubbles does have a scent but it does not hang around
long. No problem there.

Doug Gregg
Classic Piano Doc

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Glass cleaner to remove cigarette tar, how to
       bag a piano, and other piano-cleaning fun...
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Thanks. I truly appreciate the suggestion, and indeed did go to the
store to check out "Scrubbing Bubbles" on my way to "slay this
dragon". But all the varieties at the Publix here had some sort of
scent, so I held off and just got more glass cleaner. ( Publix brand
has a milder, less headache-inducing odor than, say, Windex, that also
goes away faster.) I had a very bad experience with Febreze years ago
( left a weird smell in a piano that made me quite ill) so I&#39;m
wary.  But I do intend to get some "Scrubbing Bubbles" tonight, which
I&#39;ll try on a junk piano part to see if the perfume goes away
enough for me.
    Related news: I went to the office of the nice, climate-controlled
storage facility where this Chickering Ampico now "lives", and noticed
several sizes of mattress bags for sale. I bought the king-sized ( for
$4) and found that it fit very nicely over this on-its-side, 5&#39;8"
grand, "quarantining" it until I can get it all cleaned. (Yay!!!) And
just now realized that such a bag (a fresh one) will also be PERFECT
for pumping ozone into (from my $800-- small version-- ozone
generator) once all accessible, overt contamination has been removed.
I know the ozone will damage all the rubber stuff, but all the bellows
cloth and tubing need replacement, anyhow.

Peace,
Thumpe