[CAUT] glue sizing

[David Skolnik]

Hey Wim -
A bunch of good suggestions.  My one addition is to swap the hole with some 
alcohol, before applying warm to hot sizing solution.  If the keys are 
dirty, the solution just seems to sit without absorbing into the fibers 
unless I've used something to break the water's surface tension, 
.  Otherwise, my current preference for older keys is probably more along 
Don's "pin-less" approach.  For new keys, I'd probably try the pin-caul 
method, if I had the correct size pin.

David Skolnik



At 12:33 PM 6/27/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Ok, you guys, help me out here. I should probably know this, but I'm 
>having trouble glue sizing my balance rail holes.
>
>I put the glue in the hole, wipe off any excess, and then put the key back 
>on the balance rail. I wipe off the glue comes out the top. After the glue 
>dries, there are three problems. 1. the balance rail punching is sometimes 
>glued to the bottom of the key. That's an easy fix. 2. The glue at the top 
>of the pin dries to the bushing. When I remove the key, sometimes the 
>bushing come off and I have to rebush. 3. I have to clean the glue off the 
>balance rail.
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Wim