Paul, I have abandoned using CA glue for replacing ivories. Maybe the way I did it was wrong. I put the accelerator on the keytop and the glue on the wood of the key. I have switched to a contact cement which I found in the local hardware store. It is very light translucent yellow which means it usually doesn't show through the ivory. So far I've had no failures, but I switched fairly recently, maybe eight months ago. Regards, Clyde Hollinger Paul Chick wrote: > Susan > I've tried CA for regluing ivory and found the joint to fail most of the > time. I take care to clean the ivory and keystick, but usually find that > repair has failed. I don't wet either piece with anything in the cleaning > process, just scrape the surfaces and wipe off with a clean rag before > applying the CA. What am I missing?
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