[CAUT] Down Weight Too High With New Hammers

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Fred,

I don't clamp - that's why I use hot hide.
Just to be sure, we are talking about hot hide glue here, not glue from a hot glue gun?


Thanks,


Alan Eder





-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Mon, Sep 20, 2010 12:47 pm
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Down Weight Too High With New Hammers


I don't clamp - that's why I use hot hide. Apply glue to both ends of the felt, press in place, do the next. Every few, go back over the last ones you did and press firmly again. Clamping would be very troublesome.
Fred

On Sep 20, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Zeno Wood wrote:


Fred - What's your method for clamping the new felt?

Thanks,
Zeno Wood



On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:
 


On Sep 18, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Paul Milesi, RPT wrote:
 

If I can’t get new repetitions, is it worth trying to bolster cushions or can they be easily replaced?
 


I prefer replacement of felt to bolstering. Turn the stack upside down, saturate the felt with an acetic acid solution (a little wallpaper remover or alcohol helps it soak right in, and heating the solution a bit speeds up the process). Pull felt off when it is nice and loose, replace using hot hide glue. Precut felt to size in a mass production manner (strip to width, then cut to length; or, if you have strips that are as wide as the length you need, just slice to width). Use a rotary cutter on a mat, a straight edge with mild sandpaper glued to one side to hold it firmly.
     Learning this kind of technique is well worth while in the long run, as it has plenty of applications.

 
 
 
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm
 
 







 

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu







 


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