[pianotech] Plastic key repair

Ryan Sowers tunerryan at gmail.com
Wed Nov 17 22:44:28 MST 2010


I've tried Acrylikey on celluloid keytops and it doesn't work so great.
There is some reaction between the two materials that causes discoloration
along the joint. I haven't tried it on acrylic keytop material though. Try
it on a spare keytop first!

 With celluloid I  have had some success making a filler out of teflon
powder and CA glue with catalyst.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Carlos Ralon <ceralon at comcast.net> wrote:

> List,
> Does the Acrylikey product work in repairing plastic keys with a fine
> crack? Each crack less than 1 inch. I think they are stress fractures. Only
> about 6 keys with the problem and I would like to not replace the full set.
> That plastic on the Baldwin studios does not respond well to heat removal.
> Carlos Ralon, RPT
>
>


-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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