---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment O.K. this is something I've been confused about for some time now. I=20 thought that the chemical reaction between the two components of epoxy were= =20 what caused heat and therefore the curing or hardening process. If you heat= =20 with a hair drier or heat gun how does the epoxy thin and not harden? I=20 believe you, I just don't know how this is possible. Is there a different=20 way to mix the epoxy or a different product to buy? Greg At 04:34 PM 6/10/2003, you wrote: >Did you epoxy all of them, or just those that seemed to be loose? When you= =20 >epoxy or CA bridge pins like this, you need to do them all, and=20 >thoroughly. You need enough epoxy to soak into the bridge cap and fill the= =20 >gap between pin and cap. The bottom of the pin isn't terribly important,=20 >just the part where the pin enters the cap - where the string is.=20 >Otherwise, the "still tight" pins will prove to be loose enough to produce= =20 >false beats with the nice new strings. The "best results for the work" way= =20 >to approach this is to pull all the pins, clean up the notches with a=20 >chisel, and epoxy in new pins. The "least work for the results" method for= =20 >old uprights that need more work than they are going to ever get is to=20 >apply epoxy around each original bridge pin and heat it with a hair drier= =20 >or heat gun so the epoxy thins and wicks down into the hole around the pin= =20 >- or use CA, also with the original pins in place. >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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