[pianotech] CA glue for split fall ?

[John Delacour]

At 14:44 -0300 09/04/2011, John Ross wrote:

>How about the ultra thin, followed by the medium vicosity.

At 13:37 -0400 09/04/2011, Ed Foote wrote:

>So, it is possible that you will created a real mess along the seam 
>of the crack. I don't like to use CA for adhesion

At 08:29 -0700 09/04/2011, Paul McCloud wrote:

>...It wicks in instantly, but then there's not enough of it
>left on the surface to create much of a bond.


Thank you all for the experience.  I think I'll work out a way of 
doing it with the hot glue after all.  The trouble with all these 
modern fixes is, as Ed suggests, that if you don't at first succeed 
you're left with a mess you can't clear up.

Since the crack is closed, the glue line is not required to pull and 
hold it together against a great force, so what I plan to do is ease 
the crack open slightly with an awl wedged into the end, warm the 
part and work thin animal glue into the crack using heat and very 
fine feeler gauges.  I think that'll work fine if I take my time.

JD