Adhesive for Ivories

Alan Barnard tune4u@earthlink.net
Thu, 5 Jan 2006 13:16:51 -0600


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Rubber cement? Horrors, no. 

Contact cement? You would have to have VERY clean and smooth surfaces, color would be a problem (nothing stands out like a green ivory), and there is no gap-filling capacity.

So, no. Not for me.

BTW never, never, never, ever use any contact cement --- except water-based -- for plastic keytops. Unless you want to watch them dissolve ...

Try the PCV-E. Clamping really isn't the big bugaboo you might think. If you hold it for just a short while, it sets enough that the pieces don't drift.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Geoff Sykes 
To: joegarrett@earthlink.net;Pianotech
Sent: 01/05/2006 12:54:48 PM 
Subject: RE: Adhesive for Ivories


Is there anything wrong with using contact cement, or rubber cement?
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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:35 AM
To: pianotech
Subject: Re: Adhesive for Ivories


David said: " 
PVC-E glue is the glue of choice for most of us. CA doesn't last..."

The darned CA Lasts forever, DAMHIK. It's just that the adhesion to the Ivory doesn't!!!
PVC-E mixed with Titanium Dioxide is my prefered glue.

Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I
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