opinions on this CA job for loose tuning pins

[Farrell]

Jason - Don't be intimidated by these super-skilled artisans! Whereas I have 
no doubt what-so-ever that one can successfully apply CA to the tuning pins 
of a vertical piano without tipping, for the total non-artistic-oriented 
slobs like me out there - just tilt the sucker back and you gots no worries 
mate. I've never even tried to do it on a vertical vertical, but I know for 
a FACT that I would be gluing all sorts of action parts together, keys to 
keybed, pedal assemblies - besides just making an unsightly mess of the 
plate.

Just another point of view!   ;-)

Terry Farrell

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> I use Hot Stuff Red (ultra thin) CA, 2oz bottle and I use the pro tips 
> that you can buy for the bottles.  It takes a little getting used to how 
> the CA runs out the tip - the first few drops come out faster than the 
> rest, but once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty smoothly.
>
> Tip the bottle up and place the tip on the junction of the tuning 
> pin/bushing or pin/block.  As soon as the juice starts to flow, I'm 
> watching for saturation.  On blocks where I suspect it might not take 
> much, I may squeeze the bottle a little, prior to tipping to give me a 
> little buffer. If the block isn't taking much CA, I can ease my grip on 
> the bottle, and the flow decreases, or, stops.
>
> It doesn't take too much practice to get the feel for how the CA and 
> behaves and how it looks when it's wicking into this area.  Same goes for 
> determining saturation point - it's something that takes a little 
> observation, but isn't too hard to get a feel for.  Probably the trickiest 
> part for me is that every block is a little different in terms of how much 
> CA it will initially accept.
>
> In honesty, I can't say I've never had it drip.  I can say that it did 
> happen for one of two reasons:
>
> 1.    first few times I tried it and was learning a good method.
> 2.    tried to get the block to take more than it wanted - wasn't paying 
> attention.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
> William R. Monroe
>
>
>
>> Couple of times I've tried CA on a non-tipped vertical, it dripped down, 
>> got into the string/pressure bar contact point. Big wince, Q-tips and 
>> debonder to try to minimize damage. Once it dripped onto a damper. I feel 
>> very nervous about trying it again. Can you talk about how you apply it?
>>
>> Jason Kanter