Micro fiber is probably all right, too! The idea is to use something very soft and not scratch the polyester. I even use those dry Swiffers to dust y piano because they pick up the dust and not just spread it around. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <MarkGMID@...> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [disklavier] Best way to polish piano > How about the new microfiber clean and polish cloths? They sell them at > Costco and some auto parts stores. They work great on a black car. Most > car finishes are polyester-like finishes. They do not leave lint like a > T-shirt is prone to. > > Carol Beigel wrote: > > The best thing is an old clean T-shirt that is damp > > with a little water. For tougher marks, you can put a > > little window cleaner, like Windex, on the damp rag. > > If we are talking about the black, shiny finish, that > > is plastic (polyester), and the scratches can be buffed > > out using a very clean buffing wheel. Yamaha does sell > > a polish like the Cory cleaning products, but this is > > not necessary. > > > > I have seen pianos polished in the shop before delivery > > with something like turtle wax, but the consequences > > have been sometimes disastrous - like some of the > > polish oozing through the lid hinge onto the bass > > strings, or the person using the electric buffing wheel > > going through the finish on the edges. > > > > NEVER use a furniture polish that contains silicon as > > it can migrate into the pinblock where the tuning pins > > could become loose. 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Re: [disklavier] Best way to polish piano
2006-03-20 by Carol Beigel
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