[CAUT] Garfield vs CA

[John Ross]

I seem to recollect, that the glycerine and 'whatever', actually caused 
the block to go 'mushy'. I assume it was something like 'dry' rot. The 
glycerine just kept on, attracting moisture.
One thing is for sure, if there are small cracks, the Garfield's, won't 
cure them, but the C/A stands a chance of filling them.
I used to use Lundsford Pin Tite, with some success, but haven't used 
anything other than C/A, since starting it's use.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Garfield vs CA


> At 09:15 AM 12/18/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>>I've had poor success with CA, using thin stuff, too.  Did a Baldwin M 
>>by turning it over and using the glue from the bottom.  Tried a 
>>deligint block and that was just hopeless.  Maybe it's the type of 
>>piano.....  Got to make a decision in two hours...
>>Any more clues?  Going, going,.................................
>>thanks
>>les
>
> With CA, less is more (pardon the pun), and its best feature is the 
> power to wick into narrow cracks. The place you want it is at the top 
> of the pin, where flagpoling has widened the hole. You don't want it 
> underneath, where it keeps the pin from turning deeper into the block 
> as you pull up the string, and where the hole will already be the 
> tightest. My thinking is that if the pin is loose enough that it 
> doesn't hold, it's loose enough for the CA to wick down to where it is 
> needed, from the spot where the pin disappears into the block or plate 
> bushing. Also, a second small application of CA after the first small 
> application of CA may have better effects, since the first (small) 
> application of CA probably wicked away from the pin, but also sealed 
> the cracks as it hardened, so that the second (small) application of 
> CA is more likely to stay next to the pin, where it is needed. A BIG 
> application of CA just goes all over the place, is slower to set up, 
> and makes way too many toxic fumes. CA is not Garfields, and shouldn't 
> be used anything like Garfields. (Oh, my opinion is SO HUMBLE!)
>
> If you decide to go the traditional route with the glycerin and 
> alcohol, be sure you don't go out of your way to find "good, 
> old-fashioned" real methanol. It is highly toxic. Read the denatured 
> alcohol can carefully, and use plenty of ventilation, no matter what 
> type of treatment you decide on.
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