AcryliKey...anybody using it?

[Jon Page]

At 01:39 PM 3/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/21/99 7:44:57 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>t.seay@mail.utexas.edu writes:
>
>> >I wondered about how easy it is to match color or grain, 
>
>Not impossible, but not easy either, in that the colorant which one adds to
>the white powder is so strong. It takes an extremely small amount, which I
>find hard to control. When it's done, however, the repair is indeed almost
>invisible. 
>
>We have had some pop out, even with good preparation. It is hard to get a
good
>mechanical grip on such a small area. Next time I'm going to drill a small
>hole into the key to provide a little "foot" for the repair.
>
>Bob Davis
> 

ON the yellow, I pour some of the liquid into the vial and just pickup a
little

of this on the tip of the toothpick. I found that it is more controllable than
using 
it in powder form.

I've had it pop out also when I did not follow the directions for prepping the
ivory
to the letter.

Regards, 

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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