key bushing miracle stuff

[Ron Nossaman]

> The front rail job was perfect but all of the balance rail bushings fell 
> out. I tried soaking the mortises with acetone but no amount of cleaning 
> seemed to cure the wood of repelling the hide glue. I suspect silicone 
> was the culprit.
> 
> Not her fault, of course, but that is one horse she won't get back on again.
> 
> Silicone is forever.
> 
> Tom Cole

Baldwin found, as have I since, that the silicone and naphtha 
mix used by Baldwin/Wurlitzer doesn't adversely affect future 
glue adhesion. I suspect that what was in those mortises is 
not what you suspect was in those mortises.

Ron N