Good grief I am sure glad the spelling police are asleep tonight. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Epoxy glue in Europe ? > Hi Stephane, > On a two week trip to Japan this summer I tried my best to find CA glur we > use here in the states. All efforts to different shops resulted in negative > results. Even took an empty bottle and my daughter in law to translate for > me. > It may be that in Japan the glue is banned due to its chemical properties > and toxic aroma. And I have an idea that there may be other things that we > or you use that are not available to you or us as the case might be. > We have also found that hand tool models can be readily available in one > contry and not in another and finding the manufacture is difficult and does > not always result in finding the correct tool even if you do. > Ah such is life <(O(( > Joe Goss RPT > Mother Goose Tools > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stéphane Collin" <collin.s@skynet.be> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:12 PM > Subject: Epoxy glue in Europe ? > > > > Hello all. > > > > After reading posts about happy use of epoxy glue to repair loose bridge > > pins, I have tried this on a piano which had quite large cracks (2 mm) at > > the pin holes on the bass bridge (the pins were vertical). > > > > It was a disaster. > > > > I mixed the two components, heated the pins, let the glue go down into the > > crack, let rest for a whole day, then put the string back in place, and > was > > happy for about 6 hours, after what, unhappy to see that the pins were > back > > again in their vertical position. > > Makes me think we don't talk about the same epoxy glue. > > I used Araldite 2013 (medium fast hardening gap filling for wood and > metal), > > as West System epoxy is hard to find here. > > Any idea about what went wrong ? > > Any clue about a product easy to find on the old continent ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Stéphane Collin. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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