opinions on this CA job for loose tuning pins

[Steve Blasyak]

I'm with you Terry,

If there is a mess to be made or a disaster waiting to happen, its sure to
happen when I'm in the house.

Steve


> [Original Message]
> From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 11/1/2006 5:51:43 AM
> Subject: Re: opinions on this CA job for loose tuning pins
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > 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
>
>
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