Nicotine stains. Any ideas to remove from accordion keys..
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Ventura
Been here for ages!
nicotine stains that i have seen were largely transferred on the fingers,
and so they are not uniform, but heavy in the places of touch and light
or none on the edges and close to the grill
your keys simply look normally colored from age
the box in general looks like it was kept in a temperate and moderate environment,
so that's a great find for it's vintage
and so they are not uniform, but heavy in the places of touch and light
or none on the edges and close to the grill
your keys simply look normally colored from age
the box in general looks like it was kept in a temperate and moderate environment,
so that's a great find for it's vintage
Dingo40
Been here for ages!
Nice accordion: in far better shape than mine was!
Some years ago, I acquired a much abused accordion with a badly nicotine stained bass board.
I remembered this jingle from my youth and decided to try rubbing the affected areas using neat toothpaste on a piece of old towel.
It absolutely worked a treat and I'm still using that old accordion ( along with the others I have
).
See here:
The trick is to keep the tooth paste out of the button holes!
Some years ago, I acquired a much abused accordion with a badly nicotine stained bass board.
I remembered this jingle from my youth and decided to try rubbing the affected areas using neat toothpaste on a piece of old towel.
It absolutely worked a treat and I'm still using that old accordion ( along with the others I have
).See here:
The trick is to keep the tooth paste out of the button holes!
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They just don't make commercials like that any more!
I still remember that one from the short time we had a TV when I was a kid in the '50s
Side story: When the TV broke my mother refused to get it fixed: "That dumb thing was the biggest waste of time. Go read a book, practice the piano, draw a picture, carve some wood, play outside. Here, take this old clock apart."
The broken TV was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. (I recently went 13 years without watching an hour of TV. So much to do, so little time...)
JKJ
Moko
Member
Thanks venturs
Moko
Member
Nice accordion: in far better shape than mine was!
Some years ago, I acquired a much abused accordion with a badly nicotine stained bass board.
I remembered this jingle from my youth and decided to try rubbing the affected areas using neat toothpaste on a piece of old towel.
It absolutely worked a treat and I'm still using that old accordion ( along with the others I have
See here:
The trick is to keep the tooth paste out of the button holes!
Thanks dingo
Moko
Member
Nice accordion: in far better shape than mine was!
Some years ago, I acquired a much abused accordion with a badly nicotine stained bass board.
I remembered this jingle from my youth and decided to try rubbing the affected areas using neat toothpaste on a piece of old towel.
It absolutely worked a treat and I'm still using that old accordion ( along with the others I have
See here:
The trick is to keep the tooth paste out of the button holes!
This accordion will be my first attempt at accordion repair later next year. Pairing the best parts from two accordions
I agree, thats not smoke stain, just age. If there are differences in the key colors, that could be because the location where someone stored it and the sun crossed a part of the keyboard the same place each day. Some people remove the keys and do some light fine sanding, but thats a LOT of work and won't change the color very much.
I would leave it as it is.
Wow, great project Moko! I hope you get to keep the green panel, very cool!This accordion will be my first attempt at accordion repair later next year. Pairing the best parts from two accordions
