John - Don't know what the gummy stuff is, but I would try vinegar first. Then a solvent like acetone or lac. thinner. Then one of the citrus cleaners - it's supposed to be good on gummy stuff. I also have heard of, but never used, a product called "de-gloo" or something like that (de-goo?), which sounds precisely like what you need. You might check at a good hardware or woodworker's store. Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:00:54 -0600 "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com> writes: > List, > > I am doing key rebushing on a 1993 Baldwin 243. The original glue is > some > gummy white stuff which does not come off very easily using water > and > wallpaper remover or a water/alcohol mixture. I can remove the old > bushings > OK after soaking them several times, but the mortise is all gummy. > What kind > of glue is this, is there an easy way to remove it, and should I > glue the > new bushings with the same glue used originally instead of hide glue > since > there is the gummy stuff left behind? > > Thanks much. > > John Formsma > Blue Mountain, MS > > P.S. I tried looking in the archives, but no luck on "Baldwin > bushings." > >
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