Alcohol and hard hammers

[David Andersen]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Geoff Sykes wrote:

> Not too long ago, on the list, I read that treating hard hammers  
> with a little alcohol would help un-compact the felt. However,  
> these are new hammers and are probably hard because of a hardening  
> treatment. Today's question is: Would a small alcohol treatment  
> help? If not, what would you suggest?

I would suggest steam; there is plenty of info in the archives about  
how to steam hammers; this, IMO, is the best, quickest,
most controllable, least messy way to soften rock-hard hammers.

David Andersen

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