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Painting Piano Keys

If you have numbered and removed the faded black piano keys already, what is wrong with spray painting them? What would be the best spray paint to use?

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Repairing Chipped Lacquer Finish on a Guitar

My son's brand-new Fender electric guitar accidentally slipped out of our car's trunk and landed bottom-edge first on the pavement! The guitar now has one spot (about a half-inch-square) where the lacquer has chipped off and you can see the brown wood underneath.

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Removing Sharpie from Piano Keys

My daughter put a Sharpie stain on one of the keys of our piano. Any suggestions on how to remove it? Thanks.

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Restoring a Clarinet's Finish

My husband and I bought a buffet lamp made from a real clarinet and made the mistake of cleaning it with furniture polish. This seems to have stripped away the ebonized finish of the instrument. So now the finish is a fuzzy gray in part, instead of a deep ebony black.

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Removing Scratches from a Piano

How do you get small scratches and nicks out of an old dark mahogany console piano?

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Black Piano Keys are Faded

How do you restore the black keys on a piano. The black color is completely faded at the ends of the keys.

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Frugal Cork Grease For Woodwind Instruments.

Frugal Cork Grease For Woodwind Instruments. Any of your kids studying a clarinet or another woodwind with a cork? I just found out that you can use LIP BALM instead of cork grease - cheaper, easier to get and smells better too.

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Painting an Electric Guitar

I have an electric guitar that is in good shape but the paint is worn in several areas. Does anyone know what type of paint to use or have any tips for painting an electric guitar?

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