Re: graphite


"DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2007-12-24, ike milligan <accordiondoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A previous person dumped a load of graphite in the bass of an Excelsior

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I wonder if any reader has experience cleaning out graphite? Is graphite
dangerous to breath in? The mineral spirits is bad for sure.

It is only a form of carbon. Diamonds and charcoal are other
common forms. It happens to be a crystaline form where the crystals
form planes and slip on each other. It is probably about as harmless as
you can get as long as you don't clog your lungs with it.

No idea how to get rid of it, unfortunately.

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petroleum solvent base. Graphite is for pianos, not accordions. The air
will
pick it up and blow the mess everywhere.

Hmm ... where is it used in Pianos?

One place is on the end of the wooden jack that pushes against the buckskin
covering of the hammer ***.
Also it is used as a general lubricant where the wood could have
friction on it.
As for carbon being harmless, I think the nano-particles found in laser
printer toner, and "bucky-balls" which may be present in soot are at least
suspect, if not proven bad actors in the body.


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