I had the same reaction as you to Ron's post. We know what CAN work, but what does a person with experience recommend? I guess we all snap off replies a little too fast once in a while. I'll recommend good old gummy contact cement that comes in the little tubes. Cheap and effective, and will clean up with mineral spirits when the felt needs to be replaced. But if you want to go esoteric, bicycle sew-up tire (tubular tire) glue also works very well. It can be sort of chipped off without solvents when you change the felt. Don Mannino -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:50 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] practice rail On Nov 5, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote: >> What do you use to glue the felt to the aluminum? > > What do you use to glue felt to piano plates? Interesting observation: it takes less words to actually answer the question than to be, well, snippy <G>. Why bother, if you aren't going to answer? If I hadn't wanted to know what you use for the purpose, I wouldn't have asked. Felt to plates is a different thing: first, it's felt to paint (not bare metal). Second, it is usually just being tacked, and is actually held in place by the strings. Third, for plate felt I don't want the glue to penetrate the felt much for a number of reasons. With a muffler rail, all I care is that it holds on, but I do care that it holds on reliably. But, hey, if you don't have an answer, don't bother to respond <G>. My answer to your question is spray adhesive. Sprayed on the felt. So far I've liked that better than other things I've tried. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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