I'm planning 2 drops per side and Spurlocks cauls...and I guess I'll go overnight... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu> To: "caut University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Received: 12/6/2008 9:13:08 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] key bushing sizing... >Can you be more specific? Are you applying VS Prolube and following >with Spurlock (or similar) cauls? If so, I'd be skeptical. I'd worry >about possible glue failure (bushings coming loose) and bushings >swelling/sizing against the pin. Using a heated caul after the 6 >hours, to speed up drying and set, might be a good option. It also >depends how much material you are applying, and how warm and dry the >environment is. But only so much moisture can evaporate from that >small space between the caul and the wood. I'd want over night. >Regards, >Fred Sturm >University of New Mexico >fssturm at unm.edu >On Dec 5, 2008, at 8:36 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: >> List, >> >> I'm having some time constraints with 10 pianos and just a few >> days. If I left the cauls in for 6 hours instead of over night >> would they dry enough? That way I could come back and do couple >> more pianos and leave those overnight... >> >> David Ilvedson, RPT >> Pacifica, CA 94044 >>
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