FW: Sizing damper guide rail bushings

[Nichols]

At 09:11 AM 2/9/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>Subject: RE: FW: Sizing damper guide rail bushings
>
>I used this technique then switched to spraying a coat of shellac on the
>rails aiming it in the holes-the Bull's Eye Shellac in the spray can. Let
>dry for an hour, insert bushing cloth, insert #7 bridge pins, apply alcohol
>to bushing cloth, let dry overnight or blow dry with a hair dryer.  The
>alcohol softens the shellac and it acts as glue to hold the bushing cloth in
>place as well as sizing the bushings.  A drop of alcohol makes it easy to
>remove the cloth if/when necessary.
>
>Paul C

My favorite method also, Paul. Makes it a lot easier to trim, also. No hint 
of a glue collar. Holds up well in the super low RH% out here. (local RH 
also reduces drying time to, well.... don't blink... like.... What's a 
"hair dryer?")

Guy Nichols