CA glue quirk

[Lee Sankey]

Has anyone had experience with using CA glue for molded keytops? I
recentley tried a sample and my first impression is very positive. I
considering trying a set.

Lee Sankey
lsankey@swbell.net


Susan Kline wrote:
>
> Hello, all --
>
> I found out by accident that CA glue can work as an accelerator for white
> glue, expecially when gluing cloth. They seem to work better together than
> apart. I heard somewhere that CA glue was formulated for use in surgery as
> an alternative to sutures, so it was designed to set up in the presence of
> moisture and organic material. White glue qualifies as both.
>
> When trying to quiet jingling pedal dowels in uprights, I like to put 2
> bushing cloth "ears" through the hole for the pedal dowel pin; but I would
> have to wait around if the action were out, or I'd have a terrible time
> trying to clamp the ends together with clothes pins if the action were still
> in. (read: "spinet")
>
> I found out that I can put on the normal amount of white glue, press the two
> cloth halves together to spread it out, let them spring apart, add a tiny
> drop of CA glue, and _immediately_ press together again, with instant
> bonding. I now use it that way for repairs where clamping just isn't
> convenient or possible, with good results.
>
> Hope it helps someone, some time, someone in a hurry, probably.
>
> Susan
>
> At 07:11 PM 5/27/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >Horace;
> >  I use CA primarily for two things.  1. Those times when the repair needs to
> >be immediate as in "you have eleven minutes to pull the last  12 unisons out
> >and repair that bass hammer that broke at the head"  2. I have found CA
> >almost indespensible for quick fabriaction of one-time jigs and have quite a
> >collection of one-timers that I should throw away. :-).
> >  Other than those uses I really don't use CA all that much.  Ed certainly
> >will never be able to retire from my purchases anyway.....   It is nice to
> >have available and in some cases is a viable alternative to more traditional
> >methods.
> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >
> >
> Susan Kline
> P.O. Box 1651
> Philomath, OR 97370
> skline@proaxis.com
>
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