De-oiling action

[Brumtuner]

Years ago, as a young'un, I used to amuse myself by doing things like pouring mercury from one hand to the other as my old man - a tuner/repairer, using Benzine or Carbon Tetrachloride in which to rinse the crud from oily flanges prior to recentring - all whilst he smoked a Capstan in an asbestos cigarette holder.

Now that we live in a nanny state, and these chemicals are now dangerous, can anyone recommend a good over-the-counter solvent (pref from a chemist/hardware shop) that would suffice?

He retired at 85 and snuffed it at 87 btw.

[Tom Tuner]

VM&P naphtha or trichloroethelene (which is lots more expensive).
For the well-being of the piano action, kindly do this out-of-doors well away from any sources of combustion.

Tom Tuner

[PianoGuy]

Years ago, as a young'un, I used to amuse myself by doing things like pouring mercury from one hand to the other as my old man - a tuner/repairer, using Benzine or Carbon Tetrachloride in which to rinse the crud from oily flanges prior to recentring - all whilst he smoked a Capstan in an asbestos cigarette holder.

Now that we live in a nanny state, and these chemicals are now dangerous, can anyone recommend a good over-the-counter solvent (pref from a chemist/hardware shop) that would suffice?

He retired at 85 and snuffed it at 87 btw.

Great stuff!

Did he know Openwood's gran perchance?

[Brumtuner]

He said "no".



I'm a large medium.