I don't know how useful this might be, but you can pick up wax and grease remover at an auto parts store...I use this quite a bit and made to clean surfaces before painting. It might be another step to really get the reed bodies clean of the old wax.
Thanks Wes... I have some acetone based stuff that likely will work ... it may not be a big issue as the ultrasonic cleaner did a pretty good job with a little extra scraping. I might go over them with the above anyway before re-seating them as I will likely get some glue (either a "specialized" pva or contact cement, haven't figured out which is right for that yet, leaning toward the contact cement/"shoe glue" as I think its flexibility is as important as its hold) from the new leathers on the metal and couldn't hurt to remove anything the ultrasonic didn't get. And I'll keep your suggestion in mind.
Excellent video, reminds me of where I was 15 years ago. Some thoughts Throw the nails away they were just used when the box was being built for one person to set the reeds and pin them in place before passing them on to the waxing person, if you fit the reed and immediatly wax it they are not needed I use some painters tape along the top of the block to number the reed positions and another strip on the board with the same numbers to keep them in order. You may like to visit my how to playlist when you may find some helpful stuff th-cam.com/play/PLDoaFL1pYKYqVmiUYp7PPU7JJYsYo34f1.html Keep upm the good work and look forward to the next video
I don't know how useful this might be, but you can pick up wax and grease remover at an auto parts store...I use this quite a bit and made to clean surfaces before painting. It might be another step to really get the reed bodies clean of the old wax.
Thanks Wes... I have some acetone based stuff that likely will work ... it may not be a big issue as the ultrasonic cleaner did a pretty good job with a little extra scraping. I might go over them with the above anyway before re-seating them as I will likely get some glue (either a "specialized" pva or contact cement, haven't figured out which is right for that yet, leaning toward the contact cement/"shoe glue" as I think its flexibility is as important as its hold) from the new leathers on the metal and couldn't hurt to remove anything the ultrasonic didn't get. And I'll keep your suggestion in mind.
Well cool! Liking your project!
Excellent video, reminds me of where I was 15 years ago. Some thoughts
Throw the nails away they were just used when the box was being built for one person to set the reeds and pin them in place before passing them on to the waxing person, if you fit the reed and immediatly wax it they are not needed
I use some painters tape along the top of the block to number the reed positions and another strip on the board with the same numbers to keep them in order.
You may like to visit my how to playlist when you may find some helpful stuff
th-cam.com/play/PLDoaFL1pYKYqVmiUYp7PPU7JJYsYo34f1.html
Keep upm the good work and look forward to the next video
Thank you!