"white glue"

[Susan Kline]

At 08:09 PM 10/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks for nifty post. But I don't understand the function of the white
>glue. Why not just a thickish CA like Bondini? Do you use white rather than
>Titebond just for the color? (It's one more thing to care--and protect from
>freezing)
>
>Plastic AND ivory? Any difference in reaction?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Alan Barnard
>Stickin' Down Keytops in Salem, MO

I usually just use water-thin CA after being sure I have a good fit.
However, I think that the Elmer's-CA makes an even stronger bond,
and would be better in very dry climates, where it's hard to make
CA set sometimes.

I use Elmer's because I don't like how thick the Titebond is, and
because Elmer's seems to give a longer working time. The yellow
color would be another reason to avoid it under keytops, though.
The white glue aids in setting the CA glue. (See my article --
October 1997.)

Elmer's seems to survive freezing quite well, though it seldom
would freeze inside a kit, inside a car, in Oregon. I carry
CA and Elmer's (both very small bottles) in my kit, and epoxy
in the car. Any other glue seems superfluous to me.

CA seems to stick down both ivory and plastic equally well. The
difference is that if some gets on top of the keytop, it will
mar the plastic, but can be removed from the ivory without damage.

Susan