This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Clyde: You may have something. I failed to mention that I've had poor = results using a water/latex based contact cement. No smell, but = miserable results. The stuff just doesn't stick! Consistent good = results with petroleum based cement is necessary for good adhesion. I = stand by my recommendations. =20 Mike Kurta ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:25 AM Subject: Re: Ivory Glue Friends,=20 OK, we have an interesting conflict in opinion. Might it have = anything to do with the contact cement itself?=20 We got a new countertop on our kitchen cabinets around 1990, and = everything is starting to come apart now. A cabinetmaker said there was = bad glue at one point. That may not have affected the small amounts we = use, but if it did, that might account for the variety of opinions.=20 Regards,=20 Clyde=20 RCzekay@aol.com wrote:=20 Contact cement is the best for gluing ivories, or for replacing = ivories with plastic key tops. Been using it for years, and it is a very = tight and lasting bond. I also use it to replace sharps. Have never had = a call back on a key recovering job in the last 25 years. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d6/5f/ee/ff/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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