After reading all of the problems with this stuff, we should ask the same question Michelle is asking. Why have it? Even if there are some uses for it, I think we all agree that gluing hammers to shanks is the last thing we would want to do. Wim Quoting Michelle Stranges <stranges at oswego.edu>: > Reading all of these posts....and now this about having to grow new > > skin to cover the stain it'll make??? * what is the point of this > stuff?* > Should we even have it in the shop? > I vote no. > > (I *do* have a very small bottle at home but I have not yet used it. > > Don't know if I will..) > > JMHO... > On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Richard Murphy wrote: > > > HI Don, > > Be careful not to get any on your skin because it will stain > > your fingers brown and it doesnt wash off, you have to wait until > > > your fingers grow new skin (about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks). You put the > > > glue on one surface and wet the other with water, then fit the > > parts together and clamp them strongly because the glue foams up > > and will push the two pieces apart. You will have to clean up the > > > foam from the outside afterwards. Definitely not the glue to use > > > on parts that need replacing. > > Richard > > > > > > On 11/9/06 10:31 AM, "Wigent, Donald E" <WIGENTD at ecu.edu> wrote: > > > >> Say gang: tell me about this glue, Can I handle it or is it like > > >> CA and would it be good for cracked bridges. What is it good for? > > >> Maybe broken leggs or ripped out lid hinges? > >> Don Wigent > >> E C U > >> > >> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > > >> Of Jim Busby > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:31 PM > >> To: College and University Technicians > >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] gorilla glue > >> > >> Thanks Dale. Of course, I was hoping youd have some magic solvent > > >> or voodoo for me. What an awful glue > >> > >> Jim Busby BYU > >> > >> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > > >> Of Ward & Probst, Inc > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:15 AM > >> To: 'College and University Technicians' > >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] gorilla glue > >> > >> > >> Jim, > >> > >> > >> > >> I think you'll have to cut the hammers off to save the shanks. I'd > > >> use a band saw to remove as much as possible. then whittle off the > > >> rest. I am pretty sure that poly glue is not susceptible to > >> solvents after it sets. All that said, you'd have enough time in > > >> the job to have to weigh it against the cost of new parts, > >> particularly if the original parts need repining, etc. I'd guess > > >> it'd would take two to three hours to clean up the old shanks. > >> Unless they are unusual or costly shanks, that would be at least > > >> half the way to new parts. > >> > >> > >> > >> Good luck, > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> Dale E. Probst, RPT > >> > >> Ward & Probst, Inc. > >> > >> Wichita Falls, TX > >> > >> mailto:dale at wardprobst.com > >> > >> www.wardprobst.com <http://www.wardprobst.com/> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On > >>> Behalf Of Jim Busby > >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:36 AM > >>> To: College and University Technicians > >>> Subject: [CAUT] gorilla glue > >>> List, > >>> > >>> All the talk of glue brings me to this problem/question. Someone > > >>> used gorilla glue to hang some hammers that I want to remove and > > >>> I cant find ANYTHING that will work. I know I could simply buy > > >>> new shanks and flanges, but does anyone know of anything thats > > >>> works on this stuff?? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> Jim Busby BYU > >> > > > > Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL USA
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