hot hide glue wash

[Greg Newell]

I suppose it does matter how much you use. I have tried to remove bushings 
installed with white glue. Cursed the whole job through. What a mess. Never 
did get it all off but enough, I reasoned to make the new ones successful.

Greg Newell


At 09:15 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote:
>At 07:03 PM 6/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>Jim:
>>
>>In a couple of years you'll love that you used PVC-E.  That's all I use 
>>any more.  I removed the PVC-E glued bushings yesterday, and put on new 
>>ones today.  (I always let the keys dry overnight after removing 
>>bushings.)  They will come off much better than with hide glue.
>>
>>dave
>
>I'm really glad to hear this, because I've used Elmer's for keybushing for 
>years, but no one else seemed to approve of it. Everybody said that 
>bushings put in with white glue would be a nightmare if they had to be 
>removed later. However, once or twice I have taken the bushings back out 
>after using white glue (Elmer's) and after a light steaming they 
>practically fell out. I suppose it depends on how much you use.
>
>I tried hot glue once for key bushing, but found it very hard to use, 
>sticky, I kept having to work to keep it from going all over, and I had 
>more easing than usual afterwards. I probably just didn't know how to use 
>it "right," but I went back to white glue anyway.
>
>Best,
>Susan Kline
>
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