Al, I haven't done much shimming in a while but used to do quite a bit. I've used Tite Bond, Cold Hide, Boluc, and epoxy and have never seen a failure. At this point I would consider color, viscosity, spreadability, toxicity and set up time my primary criteria. I've heard much on the importance of the glue or epoxy to expand/contract with the wood, but I don't think it makes any difference. How much is a glue line going to move? Even a crack filled with epoxy has no real significance since it only taking up a fraction of a fraction of real estate in the soundboard. Hide will be dark, Tite Bond will be yellow, Bolduc will be white, I like white. Fenton Just my opinion. ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft To: Pianotech List Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 6:06 AM Subject: [pianotech] Best glue for shims? Hi All, I have been using Titebond for shimming the soundboard, but would like to know what others are using. Al -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090123/81fa696f/attachment.html>
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