CA glue

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David writes:

<< Maybe harder isn't the best way to express it.  Resistance to
compression is what I'm thinking of.  While in the case of a loose
bridge pin where the space is very small CA seems to work fine (though I
think epoxy is better assuming you have a way of delivering it) CA is
not really designed for "gap filling" in spite of the label on the >>

I suppose it depends on what you mean by "epoxy".  I know that the stuff that 
comes in the tubes at the hardware store is NOT hard, even when set.  While I 
wouldn't want to be hit with a chunk of it, when it comes to acoustical 
transmission, I don't think that stuff is very transparent.  
    The West System resin that I have used, on the other hand, (actually, 
when I use it is ends up on both hands, face, shirt, and a foote, sometimes), 
seems to be much harder.  It takes a day or so to get there, but the runners that 
I can peel off the glass jar snap much more cleanly than the usual epoxy 
mixes I have used. 
   If you need to fill a gap with CA, a light packing of baking soda, first, 
and then wetting down with the water thin CA will make a small rock.  
Something about the matrix action of the soda's granules.  
Regards, 



Ed Foote RPT 
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