Replacing damper felts and hammer tips - how clean is clean enough?

Started by kevinplaystheblues, October 11, 2024, 07:06:43 AM

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kevinplaystheblues

Started cleaning my dampers and hammers tonight ahead of replacing. Pictured are my 'first slice' clean cut removals. Neither are super clean.

The felts seem to have been attached with a somewhat messy glue, but they might be candidates for acetone or thinner if required (have to check aluminium reactions) but I wouldn't think this residue should effect the new felts much?

As for the hammers, chemicals are obviously out. The hammers themselves sit kinda unevenly anyway, so I would think a little bit of residue would be lost in the noise, but happy to be corrected.

Advice appreciated!