Thanks ric, it's just key bushings. I've left my pouporie hide glue pot on for a week or so with the glue sealed up in a jar. It looked exactly the same 10 days later. I wonder what that does to the glue? The thermostat I put on it from a warming plate kept it at 135* even after I let the water in the pot dry up. I figured I didn't have to worry about forgetting to turn the thing off and burning the house down. Keith R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: Re: hide glue > >Is it ok to mix hot hide glue from two different sources > > Yes, Someone told me the lighter ones, crystals, are better > quality. If you want the best quality use only the best crystals. > But after it has been mixed up and cooled and then heated up > again, someone told me it has different characteristics from the > original and even more if it has been cooled and heated up a 3rd > time. It gets harder and more brittle after each heating which is > good for some applications, like felt to metal but not so good > bonding wood to wood, or so I have been told. > The book "Tone Building", American Steel and Wire, the > original one with all 3 conferences has excellent narratives how > to use glue and how it is used. ---ric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Roberts <kpiano@goldrush.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:38 AM > Subject: hide glue > > > Is it ok to mix hot hide glue from two different sources? The > crystals are different shades, one lighter. Seems like someone > told me not to but I can't think of why. > Keith R > > >
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