[HAM] Cleaning Question

[rleonard at cudrc.com]

I tried some of the "Howard's Restore-a Finish" that "OF" suggested. 
It works! The wood on my pedals (the back end where the foot rest is)
was really dry looking and had a very little of the lacquer left on
them. They're not "like new" now but, they do look 1000% better.      
I also cleaned (with "Brasso") the big knobs that let you adjust the
foot rest and the screws that hold the top piece on under the footrest.
Those big knobs and those screws have a "copper colored" look to them
and the little ferrules under the screws look like brass. I think I'll
clean the big thumb screws that hold the back of the organ on next. I
suppose all this stuff was bright and shiny when the organ was new. I'm
trying to clean all the brass pieces like, all the screws, hinges, top
lock, thumb screws, everything I can that will clean up and look shiny. 
 I never paid much attention to those pieces before, till I saw a
picture somewhere on the net a few weeks ago of an organ with all the
pieces cleaned. It makes a BIG difference in the appearance of the
organ. I wish I had done some "before" and "after" pictures. If I had
known it was going to make such a difference I would have.
 I guess that was 50 years of dirt, dust and furniture polish built up
on there.

  Ricky 

  

-----Original Message-----
From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Marcum
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 4:23 PM
To: The Hammond Forum
Subject: Re: [HAM] Cleaning Question

The BV I picked up had sat in the same corner for 20 years.  Probably
got 
Pledge'd once every 4 months.  When I got it home, I started a regimen
of  a 
complete rubdown with lemon oil then 3-4 days later (when it looked dry)
a 
going over with Scott's Liquid Gold.  Wait 3-4 days and repeat.  Seems
the 
lemon oil would soak down in and the Scott's would 'leach' it and the
dirt 
out. It actually took over a month (5 coats or so of each) before the
rag 
quit coming up dirty!
Paul 

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