I've tried the white glue/super glue thing and it never seemed to set up. It's definitely NOT instant. Maybe I just didn't want to wait long enough - but then, that is one of the major advantages of super glue - bonds can be within seconds - and is often one of the criteria I use in selecting CA for a particular application. What is the basis for your claim that the CA/water-based glue joint is much stronger than CA alone? With "CA alone you can truly glue yourself to yourself in a way which requires acetone and a lot of patience and determination to reverse. Don't ask me how I know...." I hope I don't sound too much like I am berating your Susan! I don't mean to do that at all. My interest is that I don't want to be missing out on any great little tech tip like this seems to be....... but I just haven't been able to figure out what is the advantage of this over CA with accelerator. Do you have a reference for your Journal article? I do remember reading it, but it's been a while. Thanks!!! :-) Terry Farrell On Sep 8, 2010, at 10:51 PM, allan at sutton.net wrote: > That IS a great tip I had been glad to learn! > > One piece spread with white glue, the other piece spread with CA > glue, instant bond, very strong hold. > > I am thankfull. > > Allan Sutton, m.mus. RPT > www.pianotechniquemontreal.com > > > 2010/9/8 Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> > On 9/7/2010 8:29 PM, Bill Fritz wrote: >> >> The inventor of cyanoacrylates, Harry Coover, said in 1966 that a >> superglue spray was used in the Vietnam War to retard bleeding in >> wounded soldiers until they could be brought to a hospital. > It's very useful. I've heard that dentists use it for small cuts > because bandaids worry their patients. > > As for the sterility problem, using it for a deep cut, that's why we > have immune systems. Regular stitches also pose an infection risk, > even using sterile sutures. > > By the way, in case people forgot what I wrote in the Journal about > it, if you mix CA glue with a water-based glue, the resulting bond > is so much stronger than CA alone that you can truly glue yourself > to yourself in a way which requires acetone and a lot of patience > and determination to reverse. Don't ask me how I know ... > > Susan Kline > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100909/18141d61/attachment.htm>
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