Re: removing old label glue on presets

[Bradley Baker <bbaker@digital.net>]

Philippe Ducor <philduke@leland.stanford.edu> writes:

  > Title says it all. How to remove glue remnants on preset keys
  > without damage? I remember this topic discussed long ago, but I
  > didn't save the relevant information...

Here's the old posting.

| From: Rick Prevallet <rickp@tyrell.net>
| Sender: owner-hammond@zk3.dec.com
| To: hammond@zk3.dec.com
| Subject: Re: Cleaning Keys on the Hammond
| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:13:43 -0600 (CST)
| Message-Id: <199511291813.AA22310@tyrell.net>
| 
| >  Rick> Also, full strength dishwashing soap seems to remove the gum
| >  Rick> left behind when you pull those labels off of the preset keys.
| >  Rick> Let it soak for a few hours and _gently_ remove with a narrow
| >  Rick> putty knife or equivalent.
| > 
| > I've used isopropyl alcohol to remove this gum. No ill effects
| > noticed on the keys (yet). Dish washing liquid didn't soften the
| > adhesive (course, i didn't leave it on very long).
|
|
| I tried this on my C3 with Qtips.  It does work, is quicker, and
| eliminates the need to use a sharp tool to remove the residue.  It
| seems to work better on the white keys than the black ones though
| (?).  Also cleaned the residue off the metal in front of the
| drawbars (yes, someone felt they needed to be reminded which set was
| controlled by which adjust key).
| 
| Rick

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